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Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

Aiken AM, Mutuku IM, Sabat AJ, Akkerboom V, Mwangi J, Scott JA, Morpeth SC, Friedrich AW, Grundmann H.
PMID: 25057351
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2014 Jul 15;3:22. doi: 10.1186/2047-2994-3-22. eCollection 2014.

BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important nosocomial pathogen but little is known about its circulation in hospitals in developing countries. We aimed to describe carriage of S.aureus amongst inpatients in a mid-sized Kenyan government hospital.METHODS: We determined...

Changing trends in incidence and aetiology of childhood acute non-traumatic coma over a period of changing malaria transmission in rural coastal Kenya: a retrospective analysis.

BMJ open

Gwer S, Thuo N, Idro R, Ndiritu M, Boga M, Newton C, Kirkham F.
PMID: 22466156
BMJ Open. 2012 Apr 01;2(2):e000475. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000475. Print 2012.

OBJECTIVES: Recent changes in malaria transmission have likely altered the aetiology and outcome of childhood coma in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors conducted this study to examine change in incidence, aetiology, clinical presentation, mortality and risk factors for death in...

Changing trends in incidence and aetiology of childhood acute non-traumatic coma over a period of changing malaria transmission in rural coastal Kenya: a retrospective analysis.

BMJ open

Gwer S, Thuo N, Idro R, Ndiritu M, Boga M, Newton C, Kirkham F.
PMID: 22466156
BMJ Open. 2012 Apr 01;2(2):e000475. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000475. Print 2012.

OBJECTIVES: Recent changes in malaria transmission have likely altered the aetiology and outcome of childhood coma in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors conducted this study to examine change in incidence, aetiology, clinical presentation, mortality and risk factors for death in...

Efficacy of Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) Reminders on Malaria Treatment Adherence and Day 3 Post-Treatment Reviews (SMS-RES-MAL) in Kenya: A Study Protocol.

Journal of clinical trials

Talisuna AO, Zurovac D, Githinji S, Oburu A, Malinga J, Nyandigisi A, Jones CO, Snow RW.
PMID: 31285980
J Clin Trials. 2019 Jun 25;5(2):217. doi: 10.4172/2167-0870.1000217. Epub 2015 Mar 23.

BACKGROUND: Mobile phone short messaging services (SMS) have been investigated in health information reporting, provider performance, drug and diagnostic stock management and patient adherence to treatment for chronic diseases. However, their potential role in improving patients' adherence to malaria...

Correction: Sub-National Targeting of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in the Sahelian Countries of the Nouakchott Initiative.

PloS one

Noor AM, Kibuchi E, Mitto B, Coulibaly D, Doumbo OK, Snow RW.
PMID: 26444884
PLoS One. 2015 Oct 07;10(10):e0140414. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140414. eCollection 2015.

No abstract available.

Estimating the relative contribution of parasitic infections and nutrition for anaemia among school-aged children in Kenya: a subnational geostatistical analysis.

BMJ open

Pullan RL, Gitonga C, Mwandawiro C, Snow RW, Brooker SJ.
PMID: 23435794
BMJ Open. 2013 Feb 22;3(2). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001936. Print 2013.

OBJECTIVES: To quantify geographical variation in the relative contribution of parasitic infections, socioeconomic factors and malnutrition in the aetiology of anaemia among schoolchildren across Kenya, thereby providing a rational basis for the targeting of an integrated school health package.DESIGN:...

Handling missing data in propensity score estimation in comparative effectiveness evaluations: a systematic review.

Journal of comparative effectiveness research

Malla L, Perera-Salazar R, McFadden E, Ogero M, Stepniewska K, English M.
PMID: 28980833
J Comp Eff Res. 2018 Mar;7(3):271-279. doi: 10.2217/cer-2017-0071. Epub 2017 Oct 05.

AIM: Even though systematic reviews have examined how aspects of propensity score methods are used, none has reviewed how the challenge of missing data is addressed with these methods. This review therefore describes how missing data are addressed with...

CD4:CD8 lymphocyte ratio as a quantitative measure of immunologic health in HIV-1 infection: findings from an African cohort with prospective data.

Frontiers in microbiology

Tang J, Li X, Price MA, Sanders EJ, Anzala O, Karita E, Kamali A, Lakhi S, Allen S, Hunter E, Kaslow RA, Gilmour J.
PMID: 26191056
Front Microbiol. 2015 Jul 01;6:670. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00670. eCollection 2015.

In individuals with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection, CD4:CD8 lymphocyte ratio is often recognized as a quantitative outcome that reflects the critical role of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cells in HIV-1 pathogenesis or disease progression. Our work...

Cysticercosis and epilepsy in rural Tanzania: a community-based case-control and imaging study.

Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH

Hunter E, Burton K, Iqbal A, Birchall D, Jackson M, Rogathe J, Jusabani A, Gray W, Aris E, Kamuyu G, Wilkins PP, Newton CR, Walker R.
PMID: 25940786
Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Sep;20(9):1171-1179. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12529. Epub 2015 May 26.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the contribution of neurocysticercosis (NCC) to the burden of epilepsy in a rural Tanzanian population.METHODS: We identified adult people with epilepsy (PWE) in a door-to-door study in an established demographic surveillance site. PWE and community controls...

Randomised trials in developing countries.

Archives of disease in childhood

Berkley JA.
PMID: 24833790
Arch Dis Child. 2014 Jul;99(7):607-8. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306163. Epub 2014 May 15.

No abstract available.

Evaluating controlled human malaria infection in Kenyan adults with varying degrees of prior exposure to Plasmodium falciparum using sporozoites administered by intramuscular injection.

Frontiers in microbiology

Hodgson SH, Juma E, Salim A, Magiri C, Kimani D, Njenga D, Muia A, Cole AO, Ogwang C, Awuondo K, Lowe B, Munene M, Billingsley PF, James ER, Gunasekera A, Sim BK, Njuguna P, Rampling TW, Richman A, Abebe Y, Kamuyu G, Muthui M, Elias SC, Molyneux S, Gerry S, Macharia A, Williams TN, Bull PC, Hill AV, Osier FH, Draper SJ, Bejon P, Hoffman SL, Ogutu B, Marsh K.
PMID: 25566206
Front Microbiol. 2014 Dec 12;5:686. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00686. eCollection 2014.

BACKGROUND: Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) studies are a vital tool to accelerate vaccine and drug development. As CHMI trials are performed in a controlled environment, they allow unprecedented, detailed evaluation of parasite growth dynamics (PGD) and immunological responses....

Service delivery in Kenyan district hospitals - what can we learn from literature on mid-level managers?.

Human resources for health

Nzinga J, Mbaabu L, English M.
PMID: 23442524
Hum Resour Health. 2013 Feb 26;11:10. doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-10.

BACKGROUND: There is a growing emphasis on the need to tackle inadequate human resources for health (HRH) as an essential part of strengthening health systems; but the focus is mostly on macro-level issues, such as training, recruitment, skill mix...

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