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Rat Bite Fever - A Case Of A Kenyan.
(University of Nairobi, 1992-09)
Rat bite fever has not been reported from Kenya previously. A case of 17 year old Kenyan male who was diagnosed to have rat bite fever after a bite of domestic rat is described. The history, clinical features and demonstration ...
Thyroid hormone profiles in patients with chronic renal failure on conservative management and regular haemodialysis.
(1992)
Patients with chronic non-thyroid illness (NTI) generally show biochemical features of hypothyroidism despite their being clinically euthyroid. Using assays that employ the antibody coated tubes technique, we measured ...
Tryptophan metabolism and vitamin B6 nutritional status in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni and in infected mice.
(1992)
Patients infected with Schistosoma mansoni showed an abnormal response to a test dose of tryptophan, with little increase in the urinary excretion of kynurenine, hydroxykynurenine, xanthurenic and kynurenic acids, N1-methyl ...
Traumatic dental injuries in normal and handicapped children in Nairobi, Kenya.
(1992)
Two thousand, seven hundred and ninety one normal and handicapped children aged 5-15 years were examined for traumatic dental injuries. Twelve percent had traumatised teeth while three percent had soft tissue injuries. ...
Prospective controlled study of post-transfusion hepatitis after cardiac surgery in a large referral hospital in India.Live
(1992)
We studied the risk of post-transfusion hepatitis (PTH) in recipients of blood collected from voluntary donors screened for HBsAg. Two hundred and fifty patients without any previous history of liver disease or transfusion ...
Salivary Gland Tumours in Kenya
(1992-09)
Four hundred and seventeen tumours of salivary glands in Kenya were analysed. There is no
evidence of higher incidence of salivary tumours than in non-African countries. The pattern
of distribution 'differed from that ...
The first ten years of heart surgery in Kenya--aspirations, dilemmas and possibilities.
(1992)
This paper looks at the beginnings of cardiac surgery in Kenya with relevant clinical data as well as the overall historical background to various cardiovascular operations which preceded formal establishment of the Thoracic ...
Multiple sexually acquired diseases occurring concurrently in an HIV positive man: case report, diagnosis and management.
(1992)
A case of an HIV positive man with multiple sexually acquired disease occurring concurrently is described. Risk behaviours that could have predisposed him to HIV infection are discussed. The factors which might have ...
Estimation of plasma fibrinogen and its degradation products in uncomplicated cases of malaria with low parasitemia.
(1992)
There are four hypotheses which have been advanced to explain the pathophysiology of severe and complicated malaria such as cerebral malaria. However, none of them adequately explains all the features of cerebral malaria ...
Sodium supplementation in very low birth weight infants fed on their own mothers milk I: Effects on sodium homeostasis
(, 1992)
Sodium supplementation was done on 41 very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants with 25 other infants of similar weight status as controls. All the infants were fed on their own mothers milk whose sodium and potassium ...