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Antibiotic prescribing
(University of Nairobi,, 2005)
Antibiotics are commonly prescribed by junior doctors, sometimes based upon previous discussions but often when the rest of the team are unavailable, and sometimes under pressure from other members of the health-care team. ...
Synthesis of Steroidal Indoxyl, and Derivatives from 3-ketosteroid
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
5&alpha-Androstan-17&beta-ol-3-one condenses with 2-nitrobenzaldehyde in alkaline conditions to give the steroidal indoxyl 17&beta-hydroxy-1-(3′-oxoindan-2′-yliden)-3-nor-1,2-secoandrostan-3-oic acid (I) which on refluxing ...
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Western Kenya: operational issues.
(University of Nairobi., 2005-11)
OBJECTIVES:
To improve uptake in a program to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission and describe lessons relevant for prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs in resource-poor settings.
METHODS:
Implementation ...
Longitudinal assessment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific gamma interferon responses during the first year of life in HIV-1-infected infants.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection results in different patterns of viral replication in pediatric compared to adult populations. The role of early HIV-1-specific responses in viral control has not been ...
Hodgkin's lymphoma in the 1990s: a Kenyatta National Hospital experience
(2005-02)
OBJECTIVE: To re-evaluate clinico-pathologic categorisation of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma, treatments offered and their appropriateness, and outcome of this disease at Kenyatta National Hospital in the 1990s. DESIGN: ...
Mutations Of The Catalytic Subunit Of RAB3GAP Cause Warburg Micro Syndrome.
(2005)
Warburg Micro syndrome (WARBM1) is a severe autosomal recessive disorder characterized by developmental abnormalities of the eye and central nervous system and by microgenitalia. We identified homozygous inactivating ...
Blood donor haematology parameters in two regions of Kenya.
(2005-03)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the status of blood donor haematology in two regional sites in Kenya and to assess the potential role of automated haematology in National blood bank process control.
DESIGN:
A cross sectional ...
Standardization of cytokine flow cytometry assays
(2005)
Background: Cytokine flow cytometry (CFC) or intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) can
quantitate antigen-specific T cell responses in settings such as experimental vaccination.
Standardization of ICS among laboratories ...
Acute aflatoxicosis: case report. East Afr Med J. 2005 Jun;82(6):320-4.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
The objective of this presentation is to document the salient clinical findings in a case of aflatoxicosis and to review the literature on the same so as to increase the index of suspicion, enhance early diagnosis and ...
Daytime encopresis associated with gland mal epileptic seizures: case report.
(2005)
Sphincteric incontinence of stool and urine are not unusual features of generalised epileptic seizures. Isolated secondary encopresis as a manifestation of an epileptic seizure is unusual. This report is of, a four year ...