Background:The Ministry of Health is drafting a policy that aims at integrating health services delivery for people above 60 years within the existing delivery structures in Uganda. To inform their …
Describe the case of a 35-year-old HIV-positive man seen at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, with a 2-week history of palatal perforation
We report immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromes in a cohort of adolescents/young adults over a period of 1 year at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
Abscess formation in the thyroid gland is particularly a rare phenomenon and presents a medical and surgical dilemma especially in HIVseropositive patients. The authors report a case of a paradoxical …
MEDLINE Abstract: HIV-1 treatment-failure patients are increasingly being initiated on second-line antiretroviral therapy. The case we describe is of a treatment-failure patient who developed intractable chronic vulval ulceration presenting as …
Primary cutaneous and skeletal muscle lymphomas are particularly rare phenomena in HIV sero-positive patients. The authors report a case of primary extranodal malignant diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the …
HIV-seropositive persons are at increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Genital ulcerative disease and sexually transmitted infection with subsequent MRSA infection in HIV-seropositive persons have been documented only once. …
Musiime V,
Kityo C,
Mirembe G,
Lubega S,
Lwabi P,
Gleason B,
Namuyonga J,
Okello E,
Lubega I,
Salata R A
and others...
2016
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains highly prevalent in resource-constrained settings around the world, including countries with high rates of HIV/AIDS. Although both are immune-mediated diseases, it is unknown whether HIV …
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains highly prevalent in resource-constrained settings around the world, including countries with high rates of HIV/AIDS. Although both are immune-mediated diseases, it is unknown whether HIV …
Global Emergency Care,
Dresser C,
Periyanayagam U,
Dreifuss B,
Wangoda R,
Luyimbaazi J,
Bisanzo M
2017
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Acute surgical care services in rural Sub-Saharan Africa suffer from human resource and systemic constraints. Developing emergency care systems and task sharing aspects of acute surgical care addresses many of …
Bisanzo M,
Global Emergency Care Investigator,
Study Grp,
Rice BT,
Maling S,
Joseph R,
Mowafi H
2018
Journal,
Article
Health Research
Objectives Derive and validate a shortlist of chief complaints to describe unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda.Setting A single, private, not-for profit hospital in rural, southwestern Uganda.Participants From 2009 …
