| bacterial meningitis in children admitted in hospitals within nairobi. | four hundred and ninety nine children (aged between one month and five years) admitted with clinical features of meningitis were recruited in cross-sectional survey of bacterial meningitis in hospitals within nairobi. lumbar punctures were done on all of them and the cerebrospinal fluid (csf) analysed bacteriologically and serologically for the common causative organisms. two hundred and fifty (50.1%) cases were diagnosed clinically as having meningitis. of these, 132 (52.8%) had turbid csf spec ... | 1998 | 9640826 |
| bacteriology and sensitivity patterns of pyogenic meningitis at kenyatta national hospital, nairobi, kenya. | a descriptive cross sectional study on bacteriology and sensitivity patterns of laboratory-proven pyogenic meningitis was carried out over a six month period. a total of 92 patients (52 adults, 40 children) were studied. in 75 (82%) of the cases, the cerebrospinal fluid cultures were bacteriologically positive. common isolates included streptococcus pneumoniae (45%), neisseria meningitidis (14%) and haemophilus influenzae (12%). other isolates included cryptococcus neoformans from four (4.3%) ad ... | 1995 | 8904047 |
| epidemic meningococcal disease in nairobi, kenya, 1989. the kenya/centers for disease control (cdc) meningitis study group. | an epidemic of meningococcal disease occurred in nairobi, kenya, during 1989, outside the "meningitis belt" of sub-saharan africa. about 3800 cases occurred between april and november (250/100,000 population). the case-fatality rate was 9.4% among hospitalized patients. areas that included nairobi's largest slums had particularly high attack rates. the epidemic displayed an unusual age distribution, with high attack rates among those 20-29 years old. a vaccination campaign was conducted. by earl ... | 1992 | 1634807 |