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A spontaneous massive pleural effusion
(2012)
A 62-year-old male presented with a progressing 3-week history of respiratory distress, tachypnoea, right-sided chest stony dullness, and mediastinal shift to the left. He had no clinical, laboratory, or radiological ...
Diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis among HIV-1-infected pregnant women in Nairobi
(2010)
HIV-infected women with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy are at increased risk for poor obstetric outcomes. In resource-limited settings, diagnostic testing for STIs and ...
HIV infection and sexual partnerships and behaviour among adolescent girls in Nairobi, Kenya
(2012)
Early sexual partnerships place young women in sub-Saharan Africa at high risk for HIV. Few studies have examined both individual- and partnership-level characteristics of sexual relationships among adolescent girls. A ...
A workshop report on HIV mHealth synergy and strategy meeting to review emerging evidence-based mHealth interventions and develop a framework for scale-up of these interventions
(2011)
mHealth is a term used to refer to mobile technologies such as personal digital assistants and mobile phones for healthcare. mHealth initiatives to support care and treatment of patients are emerging globally and this ...
Mode of delivery decisions among HIV-infected mothers at an urban maternity hospital in Kenya
(2010)
Objectives: To quantify the use of elective caesarean section (ECS) for prevention of
mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) at an urban Kenyan maternity hospital,
to describe mode of delivery decision making among ...
Sternal foramina and variant xiphoid morphology in a Kenyan population
(2012)
Sternal foramina may pose a great hazard during sternal puncture, due to inadvertent cardiac or great vessel injury. They can also be misinterpreted as osteolytic lesions in cross-sectional imaging of the sternum. On the ...
Determination of ciprofloxacin in human plasma using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection: Application to a population pharmacokinetics study in children with severe malnutrition
(2011)
Clinical pharmacokinetic studies of ciprofloxacin require accurate and precise measurement of plasma drug concentrations. We describe a rapid, selective and sensitive HPLC method coupled with fluorescence detection for ...
Prevalence, Clinical and Virologic Outcomes of Hepatitis B Virus Co-Infection in HIV-1 Positive Kenyan Women on Antiretroviral Therapy
(2013)
Background
Sub-Saharan Africa carries a high burden of co-infection with HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV). In this region, individuals with HIV-1/HBV co-infection on antiretroviral therapy (ART) frequently receive ...
Cofactors for HIV-1 Incidence during Pregnancy and Postpartum Period
(2010)
Objectives
To estimate HIV-1 incidence and cofactors for HIV-1 incidence during pregnancy and postpartum.
Design
Retrospective study among women who were HIV seronegative during pregnancy.
Methods
Mothers ...
HLA class I associations with rates of HIV-1 seroconversion and disease progression in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort.
(2013)
Class I human leukocyte antigens (HLA) play an important role in the adaptive immune response by presenting antigens to CD8+ T cells. Studies have reported that several HLA class I alleles are associated with differential ...