Recent publications

An outbreak of intravenous cannulae associated nosocomial septicaemia due to multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.Murphy SA, Lowe B, Maghenda JK, Apollo JG
East Afr Med J, (1994). 71:271-2

Death registration on the Kenyan Coast.Mung'ala VO, Snow RW
East Afr Med J, (1994). 71:747-50

Ferriprotoporphyrin catalysed decomposition of artemether: analytical and pharmacological implications.Muhia DK, Thomas CG, Ward SA, Edwards G, Mberu EK, Watkins WM
Biochem Pharmacol, (1994). 48:889-95

Differential extraction of artemether and its metabolite dihydroartemisinin from plasma and determination by high-performance liquid chromatography.Muhia DK, Mberu EK, Watkins WM
J Chromatogr B Biomed Appl, (1994). 660:196-9

Immune response following oral administration of cholera toxin B subunit to HIV-1-infected UK and Kenyan subjects.Lewis DJ, Gilks CF, Ojoo S, Castello-Branco LR, Dougan G, Evans MR, McDermott S, Griffin GE
AIDS, (1994). 8:779-85

Antimicrobial susceptibility and presence of extrachromosomal deoxyribonucleic acid in Salmonella and Shigella isolates from patients with AIDS.Kariuki S, Gilks C, Brindle R, Batchelor B, Kimari J, Waiyaki P
East Afr Med J, (1994). 71:292-6

Ano-cutaneous fistula associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome in an African child.Kalangu KK, Wolf B
East Afr Med J, (1994). 71:330-1

Effect of malaria infection on the pharmacokinetics of paracetamol in rat.Ismail S, Kokwaro GO, Back DJ, Edwards G
Xenobiotica, (1994). 24:527-33

Recurrence of HIV-related tuberculosis in an endemic area may be due to relapse or reinfection.Godfrey-Faussett P, Githui W, Batchelor B, Brindle R, Paul J, Hawken M, Gathua S, Odhiambo J, Ojoo S, Nunn P
Tuber Lung Dis, (1994). 75:199-202

Effect of an experimental malaria infection on the metabolism of phenacetin in the rat isolated perfused liver.Glazier AP, Kokwaro GO, Ismail S, Edwards G
Xenobiotica, (1994). 24:785-93

Possible isozyme-specific effects of experimental malaria infection with Plasmodium berghei on cytochrome P450 activity in rat liver microsomes.Glazier AP, Kokwaro GO, Edwards G
J Pharm Pharmacol, (1994). 46:352-5

Sequence variation of the hydroxymethyldihydropterin pyrophosphokinase: dihydropteroate synthase gene in lines of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, with differing resistance to sulfadoxine.Brooks DR, Wang P, Read M, Watkins WM, Sims PF, Hyde JE
Eur J Biochem, (1994). 224:397-405

Clinical isolates of HIV-associated cryptococcosis in Nairobi, Kenya.Batchelor BI, Brindle RJ, Waiyaki PG
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, (1994). 88:85

Medical expert systems for developing countries: Evaluation in practice.Doukidis GI, Cornford T, Forster D
Expert Systems with Applications, (1994). 7:221-233

Towards optimal regimens of parenteral quinine for young African children with cerebral malaria: the importance of unbound quinine concentration.Winstanley P, Newton C, Watkins W, Mberu E, Ward S, Warn P, Mwangi I, Waruiru C, Pasvol G, Warrell D
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, (1993). 87:201-6

Falciparum malaria: differential effects of antimalarial drugs on ex vivo parasite viability during the critical early phase of therapy.Watkins WM, Woodrow C, Marsh K
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (1993). 49:106-12

Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine: selective pressure for resistance is a function of long elimination half-life.Watkins WM, Mosobo M
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, (1993). 87:75-8

Isolation of Mycobacterium avium complex from water in the United States, Finland, Zaire, and Kenya.von Reyn CF, Waddell RD, Eaton T, Arbeit RD, Maslow JN, Barber TW, Brindle RJ, Gilks CF, Lumio J, Lahdevirta J
J Clin Microbiol, (1993). 31:3227-30

Evidence of previous infection with Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare complex among healthy subjects: an international study of dominant mycobacterial skin test reactions.von Reyn CF, Barber TW, Arbeit RD, Sox CH, O'Connor GT, Brindle RJ, Gilks CF, Hakkarainen K, Ranki A, Bartholomew C
J Infect Dis, (1993). 168:1553-8

Spontaneous and induced abortions at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.Temmerman M, Gilks CF, Sanghri HC
Int J Gynaecol Obstet, (1993). 41:182-3