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Does Keloid Histology Influence Recurrence?
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Keloids are fibroproliferative disorders characterized by high recurrence rates, with few factors known to influence the same. We conducted a study to determine whether keloid histology influences recurrence. This was a ...
Multiple Cytokines Elevated in Patients with Keloids: Is It an Indication of Auto-Inflammatory Disease?
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)
Background: Inflammation seems to play a major role in the pathophysiology of keloids. However, the role of cytokines in keloid pathophysiology has not been fully evaluated with only a few cytokines studied. We undertook ...
Multiple Cytokines Elevated in Patients with Keloids: Is It an Indication of Auto-Inflammatory Disease?
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Background
Inflammation seems to play a major role in the pathophysiology of keloids. However, the role of cytokines in keloid pathophysiology has not been fully evaluated with only a few cytokines studied. We undertook ...
Multiple Cytokines Elevated in Patients with Keloids: Is It an Indication of Auto-Inflammatory Disease?
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)
Background: Inflammation seems to play a major role in the pathophysiology of keloids. However, the role of cytokines in keloid pathophysiology has not been fully evaluated with only a few cytokines studied. We undertook ...
Multiple Cytokines Elevated in Patients with Keloids: Is It an Indication of Auto-Inflammatory Disease?
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)
Background: Inflammation seems to play a major role in the pathophysiology of keloids. However, the role of cytokines in keloid pathophysiology has not been fully evaluated with only a few cytokines studied. We undertook ...
Latent tuberculosis among household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Introduction: Household Contacts (HHCs) of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) patients have a higher risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). However, its prevalence and risk factors among adults living with PTB patients ...
Association between Vaginal Bacterial Microbiota and Vaginal Yeast Colonization
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Background: Vaginal yeast is frequently found with Lactobacillus-dominant microbiota. The relationship between vaginal yeast and other bacteria has not been well characterized.
Methods: These analyses utilized data from ...
Association between human leukocyte antigen class II (HLA-DRB and -DQB) alleles and outcome of exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)
Introduction: human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles play an important role in the early immune response to tuberculosis (TB) by presenting antigenic peptides to CD4+ T cells, hence polymorphisms in those genes can ...
Serological Evidence of Exposure to Onyong-nyong and Chikungunya Viruses in Febrile Patients of Rural Taita-taveta County and Urban Kibera Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-06)
Several alphaviruses, such as chikungunya (CHIKV) and Onyong-nyong (ONNV), are endemic in Kenya and often cause outbreaks in different parts of the country. We assessed the seroprevalence of alphaviruses in patients with ...
Keloids: Does patients' sex influence the presentation and recurrence post-excision?
(University of Nairobi, 2022-01)
Keloid is a dermo-fibroproliferative disorder thought to result from abnormal proliferation of
fibroblasts. Few studies have been done to compare the clinical presentation and outcomes
of keloids based on gender. The ...