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Pityriasis rosea: dermoscopic features in Uganda
(International Journal of Dermatology, 2024)Purpose: The study aimed to describe the dermoscopic features of pityriasis rosea among patients attending the skin clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. Patients and methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional ... -
Clinical Description, Bacterial Causes and the Association of HIV with Pyodermas Presenting at a Skin Clinic of a Tertiary Hospital in Rural South Western Uganda
(International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2015)Background: Diagnosis of pyoderma is clinical and antibiotic therapy in low resource setting is largely empirical. At MRRH Skin clinic repetitive visits by some patients with pyoderma led to speculation of antibiotic ... -
Bet v 1- and Bet v 2-Associated Plant Food Sensitization in Uganda and Germany: Differences and Similarities
(Int Arch Allergy Immunology, 2015)Abstract Background: Birch pollen allergy and concomitant plant food sensitization are well documented in Europe. However, there are currently no data available on pollen-associated plant food sensitization or even pollen ... -
Autoimmune sub epidermal blistering diseases in Uganda: correlation of autoantibody class with age of patients
(The International Society of Dermatology, 2006)Background No data are available on the incidence and immunoreactivity of autoimmune subepidermal blistering skin diseases in East Africa. Methods All patients with frank blisters/erosions on the skin and/or mucous ... -
Diversity and Distribution of Spa types among Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Isolated from Humans and Livestock in Kabale District - South Western Uganda
(Research square, 2021-11)Background: S. aureus is a skin and mucosal bacterial commensal of both humans and animals which has evolved as an important pathogen implicated to cause various infections. High levels of antibiotic use have resulted into ... -
Disseminated Emergomycosis in a Person with HIV Infection, Uganda
(Emerging Infectious Diseases., 2019-09)We describe emergomycosis in a patient in Uganda with HIV infection. We tested a formalin-fixed, paraffin-embed¬ded skin biopsy to identify Emergomyces pasteurianus or a closely related pathogen by sequencing broad-range ... -
Identification of the causative dermatophyte of tinea capitis in children attending Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda by PCR-ELISA and comparison with conventional mycological diagnostic methods
(Medical mycology, 2017)Tinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection common among prepubertal children in sub- Saharan Africa and mainly caused by Trichophyton and Microsporum species. Accurate identification is challenging as conventional methods ... -
The clinical presentations, etiology and factors associated with foot mycoses among patients attending dermatology clinic at mbarara regional referral hospital, mbarara, uganda
(East African Medical Journal, 2021-07-07)Background: Foot mycosis is one of the most common fungal infections of the skin worldwide. The magnitude of the problem in terms of clinical presentations, etiology and associated factors remain as poorly established in ...
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