Malabsorption generally refers to the alterations of the gastrointestinal tract affecting the digestion; absorption and transport of nutrients across the bowel wall. In this article the causes; diagnostic tests and …
ObjectivesThis study aimed to describe the perceived barriers, enablers and acute pain assessment practices of nurses caring for critically ill adult patients in a resource-limited setting.BackgroundAcute pain is a common …
Background: There is limited data on Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Uganda where, as inmost low income countries, the routine use of chromogenic agar for MRSA detection is not …
Objectives:(i)To derive indices to predict the risk of HIV acquisition in Rakai, Uganda.(ii)To determine whether HIV risk profiles differed between acceptors of safe male circumcision (SMC) and non-acceptors before and …
La miliaire tuberculeuse (MT) est une forme grave de tuberculose; secondaire a la dissemination hematogene de Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Le but de ce travail est d'evaluer les aspects epidemiologiques; cliniques et …
The extent to which viral genetic context influences HIV adaptation to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I-restricted immune pressures remains incompletely understood. The Ugandan HIV epidemic, where major pandemic group …
Recent human studies support historical animal studies that suggested an association between peripheral blood monocyte: lymphocyte (ML) ratio and tuberculosis (TB) disease. To evaluate generalizability of this finding, we modeled …
Asthma is a very common disease affecting around 8.8 % of the global population. In Sub Saharan Africa (SSA), data on asthma are very limited and most patients with asthma …
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) remain a leading cause of mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Apabetalone is an orally available inhibitor of bromodomain & extraterminal (BET) …