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A comparison of single-dose spectinomycin with five days of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the treatment of chancroid
(University of Nairobi, 1987-06)
In a controlled trial 32 patients with ulcers culture-positive for Haemophilus ducreyi were treated with a single 2-g dose of spectinomycin, and 20 patients were treated with a five-day course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole ...
Effects of chlorthalidone, oxprenolol, and their combination in hypertensive blacks: a randomized double-blind crossover study
(University of Nairobi, 1989-03)
One hundred twenty black patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension participated in a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study of the efficacy and tolerability of slow release oxprenolol versus chlorthalidone ...
Single-dose ceftriaxone therapy of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum
(University of Nairobi, 1986-01)
Ceftriaxone (125 mg) given as a single intramuscular dose without topical therapy was evaluated in seven infants with smear-positive gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from the eyes of six ...
Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in a Referral Hospital in a Tropical Developing Country
(University of Nairobi, 1983)
Diabetes mellitus has previovsly been said to be uncommon in the tropics1). Clinicians in these reginos are, however, treating a rapidly increasing number of diabetic patients, thus necessitating establishment of diabetic ...
Body mass index in non-insulin dependent diabetics in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1988-04)
Weights and heights of 674 consecutive non-insulin dependent diabetics and 358 control urban healthy Kenyans were recorded prospectively. Weights and heights of a further 162 healthy rural adults were compared retrospectively. ...
Attempts to coordinate the work of traditional and modern doctors in nairobi in 1980
(Pargamon Press Ltd, 1981)
Abstract This brief report of an ongoing official effort to coordinate medical pluralism speaks directly to the issues of this section: the application of cultural analysis to medical practice and planning.
Effect of topical lignocaine on the sympathoadrenal responses to tracheal intubation
(University of Nairobi,, 1987-03)
The catecholamine and cardiovascular responses to laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation have been studied in 30 patients undergoing elective gynaecological surgery, allocated randomly to one of three groups: group 1 received ...
Germacranolides of Erlangea cordifolia. Isolation and structures of cordifolia-54,-55,-P2, and-31 by spectral and X-ray methods
(1984)
In addition to cordifene (1) and cordifene 4β, 15-oxide (5), four new companion compounds cordifolia-54, -55, -P2, and -31 have been isolated from the insect-antifeedant plant Erlangea cordifolia. Cordifolia-54(2) is related ...
Evaluation of five immunodiagnostic techniques in echinococcosis patients
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
Double diffusion (DD), indirect haemagglutination (IHA), immunoelectrophoresis (IEP), latex agglutination (LA), and complement fixation (CF) tests were evaluated for sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of 141 ...
Comparison of glycolysis in intact and digitonin-permeabilized bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei
(1983)
Digitonin has been used to permeabilize bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei. Such permeabilized parasites revealed a fully-functional glycolytic pathway which catabolized glucose and some phosphorylated ...