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Liver disease in early life in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
A survey of significant pathological abnormalities of liver in the first two decades of life is presented; this is based on biopsy and autopsy specimens received in the histopathology service in Nairobi over five years. ...
Hepatitis-b antigen in colony mosquitoes
(University of Nairobi, 1973)
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were fed on or inoculated with blood or serum positive for hepatitis-B antigen (HBAg) or allowed to feed on the arm of an HBAg carrier. Pools of mosquitoes were tested by radioimmunoassay at intervals ...
Acute lymphocytic leukaemia complicating the course of hodgkin's disease-a case report of a kenyan african and review of the literature
(1979-10)
This is a case report of a 12-year-old male who developed acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL) 8 years after a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease (HD) had been made. During the 8 years, intensive radiotherapy and a single dose ...
Gall Bladder Disease and Adult Obstructive Jaundice at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi,
(1976)
A prospective study was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and September 1988 to look at some aspects of obstructive jaundice in patients above 12 years of age. Screening for cases was done ...
Pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide and alkylating activity in man after intravenous and oral administration.
(1979)
Since cyclophosphamide is used by both oral and i.v. routes in the treatment of hematological and solid malignancies, we designed a randomized, crossover clinical trial to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of this anticancer ...
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (The Stigmas of Sore Throat)
(1979)
The prevention of acute rheumatic fever by penicillin therapy of acute streptococcal respiratory infections was attempted in this study. Procaine penicillin G in oil containing 2 per cent aluminum monostearate was injected ...
Community-acquired bacterial infections and their susceptibility in Nairobi
(1977)
To monitor clinically significant isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibilities, all specimens sent to microbiology laboratory of the Kenyatta National Hospital were cultured on appropriate media. The susceptibility ...