Publications

co-occurrence of helicobacter pylori with faecal bacteria in nairobi river basin: public health implications.	overwhelming evidence implicates helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) as an etiologic agent of gastrointestinal diseases including gastric cancer. the mode of transmission of this pathogen remains poorly understood.	2016	27358630
effectiveness of sequential v. standard triple therapy for treatment of helicobacter pylori infection in children in nairobi, kenya.	once the diagnosis of helicobacter pylori is confirmed, treatment requires at least two antibiotics and an acid inhibitor for a minimum of seven days. unfortunately, treatment failures are being frequently reported. treatment regimens that include sequential administration of antibiotics with acid inhibitors have been developed to try and increase the rate of eradication.	2013	24300630
prevalence of helicobacter pylori in children less than three years of age in health facilities in nairobi province.	to determine the prevalence of helicobacter pylori in children less than three years of age and to determine socio-demographic correlates of helicobacter pylori infection in these children.	2006	17447348
drug susceptibility pattern of helicobacter pylori in patients with dyspepsia at the kenyatta national hospital, nairobi.	to determine drug susceptibility pattern of helicobacter pylori to metronidazole, clarithromycin, amoxicillin and tetracycline in patients presenting with dyspepsia at the kenyatta national hospital.	2005	16619703
endoscopic findings and the prevalence of helicobacter pylori in chronic renal failure patients with dyspepsia.	peptic ulcer disease (pud) occurs in up to one fourth of patients with chronic renal failure (crf). some of the factors implicated in its causation include hypergastrinaemia, secondary hyperparathyroidism, drugs and, recently, helicobacter pylori infection. studies on the latter have been few, with none having been carried out in kenya.	2000	12862061
upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at kenyatta national hospital, nairobi.	to determine the prevalence of h. pylori and the associated upper gastrointestinal endoscopic lesions in diabetic outpatients with dyspepsia.	2002	12638805
prevalence of helicobacter pylori and endoscopic findings in hiv seropositive patients with upper gastrointestinal tract symptoms at kenyatta national hospital, nairobi.	human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seropositive patients frequently experience upper gastrointestinal tract (git) symptoms that cause considerable morbidity and are due to multiple aetiologies. the role of helicobacter pylori gastric mucosal infection in hiv related upper git morbidity is unclear. no data exist on the prevalence of h. pylori gastric mucosal infection and upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in hiv seropositive patients at the kenyatta national hospital.	2002	12638804