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Bacterial Agents Causing Food Poisoning among Patients Attending Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2019)Food poisoning is caused by the ingestion of contaminated food or water that contains microbial agents that cause illness or release their toxins onto the food. Examples of these microbial agents are Staphylococcus aureus, ... -
Barriers to antiretroviral initiation in HIV-1-discordant couples.
(JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2011-11-01)BACKGROUND: In Kenya and much of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly half of all couples affected by HIV are discordant. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) slows disease progression in HIV-1-infected individuals and reduces transmission ... -
Barriers to Availability of Surgical Equipment in Kenya: A Surgical Equipment Journey Approach
(Global Clinical Engineering, 2019)Background & Objective: The need for surgery is currently not met in Sub-Saharan Africa, requiring both extra workforce and surgical equipment. Currently, there is a gap in the availability of surgical equipment which, ... -
Barriers to safe motherhood: the morbidity pattern amongst patients presenting with incomplete abortion at Kenyatta National hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2012)Objectives: To determine the morbidity pattern amongst patients presenting with incomplete abortion at Kenyatta National hospital. Materials: All patients admitted with a diagnosis of incomplete abortion between 1st ... -
Baseline Blood Count Levels Increase Odds Of Cytopenia among CML Patients in Kenya: A Case Control Study
(Research square, 2021)Imatinib is the gold standard for the treatment of all phases of Philadelphia positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). During treatment, patients may develop cytopenia. We aimed to study the baseline characteristics and ... -
A Bottle Extracted from the Peritoneal Cavity: A Case Report
(2012)Foreign bodies inserted in the peritoneal cavity are rare in gynecologic practice. More often, they are inserted in an attempt to induce abortion and their sizes are generally small/narrow. Presence of foreign bodies in ... -
Burden of Human Rhinovirus Infections in Influenza like Illnesses in Kenya
(Elsevier, 2014)Background: There have been several recent reports of respiratory outbreaks with associated mortality due to human rhinovirus (HRV) infection. Studies on viral etiologies of Influenza-like illness have shown that many ... -
Burden of Surgical Site Infection Following Cesarean Section in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review
(Dove Medical Press Limited, 2019)Cesarean section (CS) is the most common operative procedure performed in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), accounting for as much as 80% of the surgical workload. In contrast to CSs performed in high-income countries, CSs ... -
Case Report: Chiari Zero Malformation
(2023)Introduction: Chiari zero, initially dubbed syringohydromyelia without hindbrain herniation, is a rare subset of Chiari malformations. The clinical presentation is usually due to syringohydromyelia. The mode of management ... -
Case Report: Deep Vein Thrombosis Following a Wild Bee Sting
(East African Scholars Journal of Medicine and Surgery, 2022)Deep vein thrombosis is one of the rare reactions that can occur after bee envenomation. A 40-year-old female presented at our facility for evaluation and management of a left lower limb swelling two weeks after suffering ... -
Cervical cancer screening adherence and the SMS: Screening adherence and availability of the mobile phone SMS in women attending the outpatient clinic at Thika Level 5 Hospital
(Kenyatta University, School of Medicine, 2015)Background: Despite the availability of various cervical cancer screening methods in Kenya, few women are screened and even fewer adhere to subsequent scheduled screening. The WHO recommends that an effective cervical ... -
The challenges fraughting isoniazid prophylaxis as a child tuberculosis prevention strategy in high burden settings in Nairobi, Kenya
(Kenyatta University School of Medicine, 2015)Background: Paediatric Tuberculosis (TB) is rapidly becoming a major public health concern among the urban poor. Though contacts' tracing and Isoniazid Prophylaxis Therapy (lPT) is an effective prevention strategy, ... -
Changing Use of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Thika Hospital, Kenya: A Quality Improvement Intervention with an Interrupted Time Series Design
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Abstract Introduction In low-income countries, Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is a common form of hospital-acquired infection. Antibiotic prophylaxis is an effective method of preventing these infections, if given immediately ... -
Characterization of occult hepatitis B in highrisk populations in Kenya
(PLOS ONE, 2020)Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is defined as the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the liver or serum in the absence of detectable HBV surface antigen (HBsAg). OBI poses a risk for the development of cirrhosis ... -
Characterization of occult hepatitis B virus infection among HIV positive patients in Cameroon
(BioMed Central, 2017)Purpose: Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) among HIV positive patients varies widely in different geographic regions. We undertook a study to determine the prevalence of occult hepatitis B infection among HIV infected ... -
Childhood acute non-traumatic coma: aetiology and challenges in management in resource-poor countries of Africa and Asia.
(Maney Publishing, 2013-08)OBJECTIVE: This review examines the best available evidence on the aetiology of childhood acute non-traumatic coma in resource-poor countries (RPCs), discusses the challenges associated with management, and explores ... -
Clinical stroke scores for distinguishing stroke subtypes: a systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy
(2013-04)Background Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially in low and middle income countries. Computerized tomography is used to distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic subtypes, but it is expensive ... -
Coagulation Factors Level in Fresh Frozen Plasma in Rwanda
(Kenya Medical Association, 2014)Objectives: To determine the level of coagulation factors and inherited inhibitors in Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) and to evaluate Prothrombin Time and activated partial thrombin time in fresh frozen plasma. Design: ... -
Combining Evidence of Natural Selection with Association Analysis Increases Power to Tetect Malaria-Resistance Variants.
(PubMed, 2007)Statistical power to detect disease variants can be increased by weighting candidates by their evidence of natural selection. To demonstrate that this theoretical idea works in practice, we performed an association study ... -
Communication Strategies in the Management of HIV and AIDS in Kisii County, Kenya: Successes and Gaps
(International Journal of Communication Research, 2019)Although interventions on HIV and AIDS in Kisii County have been ongoing for over ten years, the County’s infection rates are among the highest in Kenya. The purpose of this paper is to describe stakeholder communication ...
