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Patterns of homocysteine in Kenyans with type 2 diabetes without overt cardiovascular disease at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2005-12)
BACKGROUND: Increased total homocysteine (tHcy) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The measurement of tHcy in blood is therefore of potential great importance especially in patients with type 2 ...
Immunoepidemiologic profile of Chlamydia trachomatis infection:Importance of Heat-Shock Protein 60 and Interferon-γ
(2005)
Epidemiological, animal, and in vitro investigations suggest that Chlamydia trachomatis infection engenders acquired immunity, the basis for which is incompletely defined, especially in humans. In a prospective cohort study ...
Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant non-typhoidal salmonellae, Kenya, 1994-2003.
(2005)
Over the last decade there has been a steady increase in the proportion of multidrug resistance among non-typhoidal salmonellae (NTS) isolated from adult patients with bacteraemia in Kenya. The prevalence of NTS multiply ...
Management of Haemorrhoids
(2005)
Immunoglobulin G bound to ovine placenta is eluted by surgical cannulation and acid perfusion in situ
(2005)
OBJECTIVE:
To elute placental bound immunoglobulin G (IgG) in situ.
DESIGN:
Laboratory based experimentation.
SETTING:
Biological Sciences Department, The University of Newcastle Australia and the Department of ...
Acute aflatoxicosis: case report
(2005-06)
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 ...
Use of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of 18S rRNA Gene for Identification of Trypanosome and Other Protozoan Species
(The Kenya Veterinarian, 2005)
Oligonucleotide primers based on conserved nucleotide sequences of 18S ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA) gene of Trypanosoma brucei, Leishmania donovani, Triponema aequale and Legenidium gigantum were designed, synthesized and used ...
Helicobacter pylori eradication in peptic dyspepsia
(2005)
To evaluate whether eradication therapy is more effective in peptic ulcer disease (PUD) than in non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD).
Methods : We retrospectively studied 481 patients with NUD (183 patients) or PUD (298 patients) ...
Antibacterial activity of Omani honey alone and in combination with gentamicin
(University of Nairobi., 2005-05)
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the anti-Staphylococcal activity of Omani honey, gentamicin and combination of the 2.
METHODS:
This study was conducted in the Laboratories of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, ...
Phase 2A dose and route study of a DNA prime MVA boost vaccine candidate
(University of Nairobi, 2005)