| community-acquired bacteraemia in african children. | to examine the frequency of community acquired bacteraemia in children in kigali, rwanda, blood cultures were obtained from 900 consecutive febrile children (t degrees greater than or equal to 39 degrees c) seen at an outpatient clinic over the course of a year. a pathogen was isolated from 112 children (12.4%): salmonella typhi from 47, s enteritidis from 23, s typhimurium from 13, streptococcus pneumoniae from 14, staphylococcus aureus from 9, and haemophilus influenzae from 3. salmonella spec ... | 1987 | 2885453 |
| human immunodeficiency virus and malaria in a representative sample of childbearing women in kigali, rwanda. | in 1986-1987 a consecutive sample of 3702 women presenting to prenatal and pediatric clinics at the only hospital in kigali, rwanda, was screened for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and malaria infection. the prevalence of hiv antibodies was 29%, and that of malaria parasites was 9%. hiv antibodies were more prevalent in women from the urban center than in those from the outskirts (31% vs. 20%, p less than .001), and malaria parasites showed the opposite prevalence pattern (8% vs. 15%, p less ... | 1991 | 2056219 |
| tolerability of amodiaquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, alone or in combination for the treatment of uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria in rwandan adults. | to assess the tolerability and efficacy of amodiaquine (aq)+sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (sp), the first-line malaria treatment in rwanda. | 2006 | 16640610 |
| comparison of different artemisinin-based combinations for the treatment of plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in kigali, rwanda, an area of resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: artesunate plus sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine versus artesunate plus sulfamethoxypyrazine/pyrimethamine. | in view of the changing policy towards artemisinin-based combination therapies (acts), the efficacy, tolerance, and degree of re-infection of two acts were investigated: artesunate plus sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (as + sp) and as plus sulfamethoxypyrazine/pyrimethamine (as + smp). one hundred three children were assigned to receive as + sp and 109 to receive as + smp. in spite of the high incidence of resistance to sp, as + sp showed satisfactory results consistent with recent recommendations for ... | 2007 | 17978058 |