| dc.contributor.author | Esamai, Fabian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T08:46:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T08:46:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Degree of Master of Medicine (paediatrics and child health) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24713 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted in part fulfillment
for the Degree of Master of Medicine (paediatrics and child health)
in the University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This is a prospective study of forty children in sickle
cell crisis with suspected bacterial infections seen at the
Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
Eighteen of these children were found bacteriologically
positive on various cultures of blood, urine, stool and
throat swabs.
The bacteriological data, age distribution and haemato-
logical data are presented and discussed.
From this study its apparent that bacterial infections
are a common cause of hospitalisation of children with sickle
cell disease especially in those under six (6) years of age
and that respiratory tract infections is the commonest reason
for hospitalisation of these children. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | Bacterial infections in children in sickle cell crisis at the Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences | en |
