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Acute Viral Respiratory Infections in Intensive Care Unit and Ventilator Support Patients in Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are among the five most common causes of morbidity and mortality globally, accounting for approximately 3.9 million deaths annually. Most of these deaths occur among young children ... -
Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacteria Isolated from Wards, Operating Room and Post-Operative Wound Infections among Patients Attending Mama Lucy Hospital, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Surgical site infections are a worldwide problem in the field of surgery contributing to increased mortality and morbidity. However, despite advances in the control of surgical site infections, the risk of acquiring these ... -
Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Enteric Bacterial Isolates from Stool in Children below Five Years with Diarrhoeal Disease in Muranga County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)Diarrhoea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Bacterial agents are among pathogens implicated to cause diarrhoea in children and are of major concern in public health. Antibiotic use has ... -
Antifungal Activities of Camellia Sinensis Crude Extract on Selected Pathogenic and Mycotoxic Fungi
(2014-02-26)Human fungal infections pose serious medical issues. Up to now, more than a hundred thousand fungal species are considered as natural contaminants. During the last decade, the incidence of superficial and deep mycotic ... -
Bacterial Flora as Determinants of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Intubated Patients in an Intensive Care Unit
(Kenyatta University, 2015-01-14)Infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Of these, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), a common complication of endotracheal intubation and subsequent mechanical ... -
Blood Cell Count Changes and Haemoglobin Genotypes in Children with Malaria and Bacteraemia in Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Malaria and bacteraemia co-infection in children, normally produce changes in blood cellular components. Full blood count results from children whose haemoglobin genotypes and bacteraemia is not known can greatly influence ... -
Comparative Study of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viruses Among Hiv-1 Infected Intravenous Drug Users and Non-Users in Mombasa County
(Kenyatta University, 2017-09)HIV/AIDS is a debilitating disease associated with high mortality and morbidity globally. In Kenya, it is the major cause of mortality across all gender and age groups, in effect, putting a huge demand on the healthcare ... -
Comparative Study of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viruses among HIV-1 Infected Intravenous Drug Users and Non-Users In Mombasa County
(Kenyatta University, 2017)HIV/AIDS is a debilitating disease associated with high mortality and morbidity globally. In Kenya, it is the major cause of mortality across all gender and age groups, in effect, putting a huge demand on the healthcare ... -
Correlation between an early 6 and early 7 oncogenes detection method and conventional cytology for cervical cancer screening at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-10)The oncogenic potential of human papilloma virus (HPV) early genes E6 and E7 is of interest in HPV testing for cervical carcinoma. The current study included women less than 40 years attending the Kenyatta National ... -
Culicine Mosquito Species Diversity, Host Feeding Preferences and Insecticide Resistance Status in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Culicine mosquitoes are vectors of human disease-causing pathogens like lymphatic filariasis and several arboviruses such as dengue fever, chikungunya virus and so on. Due to intensifying land use land cover (LULC) with ... -
The Cytokine Profile and Prostate Specific Antigen Levels in Prostate Cancer Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Kenyatta University, 2015-08)Prostate cancer (PCa) is Kenya‘s most frequently diagnosed cancer of men with an incidence rate of 32 per 100,000 and mortality rate of 12 per 100,000. It is also the leading cancer in terms of incidence and mortality in ... -
Dengue 2 infection in wild caught papio anubis (olive Baboons) and chlorocebus aethiops (african green Monkey) from selected regions of Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014)Dengue viruses, family Flaviviridae and genus Flavivirus occur as four antigenically distinct serotypes denoted as dengue virus 1, 2, 3, 4 (DENY-I, 2, 3, 4). The four serotypes are known to broadly infect different vertebrate ... -
Determination of Urinary Tract Infections aand Antibiotic Sensitivity among Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients Visiting Kisii Teaching And Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)People with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus have been found to be prone to urinary tract infections. There is a wide gap of information in developing countries regarding the prevalence and antibiotic sensitivity ... -
Effects of Schistosomiasis on Haemoglobin Concentration and Nutritional Status in Children under 5 Years, Taita/Taveta County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Bilharziasis is a common parasitic disease caused by flatworms called schistosomes. Generally, this infection is common and prevalent disease in Sub-Saharan Africa Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean. With slowed down ... -
Evaluation of Enriched Rapid Diagnostic Method for Detection of Vibrio Cholerae and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Serotypes in Juba, South Sudan
(Kenyatta University, 2018-09)The global cholera burden is not precisely known since many of the cases lack proper investigation and documentation systems. More importantly, the situation is exacerbated by defective epidemiological surveillance as well ... -
Evaluation of safety and therapeutic potential of environmental waste water lytic bacteriophage against multidrug resistant staphylococcus aureus (MDRSA) in BALB/c mice
(Kenyatta University, 2016-04)Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pose a great threat to the global public health. Control of these bacteria has become difficult due to acquisition of resistance against even some of the best antibiotics. ... -
Evaluation of Serum Agglutination and Rose Bengal Tests against Immunofluorescence Antibody Assay in Diagnosis of Brucellosis in Narok and Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)Brucellosis in human is characterized by non specific signs and often misdiagnosed as malaria, typhoid, rheumatic fever and pyrexia of unknown origin. Definitive diagnosis of brucellosis requires isolation of Brucella ... -
Expression of integrin markers on anti- malaria effector cells in the placenta of post partum women in Western Kenya
(2017-06)Malaria in pregnancy has been linked to utero-placental vascular insufficiency and fetal fatalities. The immunity to placental malaria may be mediated in part by monocytes and T cells that accumulate in the placenta ... -
Genotypic Characterization of Hepatitis B Virus among Voluntary Blood Donors in Nairobi Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the smallest DNA viruses that infects humans. Because of its ability to cause hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver cirrhosis and hepatitis, HBV is one of the global causes of a high ... -
Group B Streptococcus Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Risk Factors for Colonization among Antenatal Women at Mbagathi Hospital, Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Group B Streptococcus is recognized as the leading cause of neonatal sepsis as well as a significant cause of maternal post-partum sepsis globally. Maternal genitourinary colonization with the bacteria in pregnancy is the ...
