Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Inappropriate usage of selected antimicrobials: Comparative residue proportions in rural and urban beef in Uganda
(PloS one, 2019)Introduction In most developing countries like Uganda, antimicrobials including β-lactams and tetracyclines are used indiscriminately in livestock. When livestock get sick and treatment is necessary, some producers and ... -
Hair-on-End Sign in a 9-Year-Old Girl Presenting with Acute Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease
(International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2022)The hair-on-end (HOE) sign is a rare finding seen in the diploic space on skull radiographs, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the appearance of long, thin vertical striations of calcified ... -
Correction to: Gambling-related suicide in East African Community countries: evidence from press media reports
(BMC Public Health,, 2022)Springer Nature journal content, brought to your courtesy of Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH (“Springer Nature”). Springer Nature supports a reasonable amount of sharing of research papers by authors, subscribers ... -
Antibiotic-Resistant Profiles of Bacteria Isolated from Cesarean and Surgical Patients from Kasese District Hospitals Western Uganda
(Borneo Journal of Pharmacy, 2021)Surgical site infections (SSIs) are challenging to treat and often associated with much higher extended stays, morbidity, and mortality, higher treatment costs, especially when the causative agent is multidrug resistance ... -
Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of malaria compared to microscopy?
(Malaria Journal, 2010)Background Prompt, accurate diagnosis and treatment with artemisinin combination therapy remains vital to current malaria control. Blood film microscopy the current standard test for diagnosis of malaria has several ... -
Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria compared to microscopy at rural health centres?
(Malaria journal, 2010)Background: Prompt, accurate diagnosis and treatment with artemisinin combination therapy remains vital to current malaria control. Blood film microscopy the current standard test for diagnosis of malaria has several ... -
Widow inheritance and HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda
(Tropical doctor, 2007)Despite current efforts to combat HIV/AIDS through behavioural change, ingrained socio-cultural practices such as widow inheritance in south-western Uganda has not changed. Low education, unemployment, dowry, widows’ ... -
Permethrin‑treated baby wraps for the prevention of malaria: results of a randomized controlled pilot study in rural Uganda
(Malaria Journal, 2022)Background: Progress against malaria has stalled and may even be slipping backwards in high-burden countries. This is due to a range of factors including insecticide resistance and mosquito feeding behaviours that limit ... -
Biomass fuel as a risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Environmental Health, 2019-07-01)Background: The link between use of solid biomass fuel (wood, charcoal, coal, dung, and crop residues) for cooking and/or heating and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is inconclusive. Objective: We systematically ... -
Surgical Diagnosis and Procedure Codes for Outcomes Research in a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital: The Mbarara Experience
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Surgical volume and postoperative mortality rate at a referral hospital in Western Uganda: Measuring the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery indicators in low-resource settings
(Surgery, 2017)Background. The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommends that every country report its surgical volume and postoperative mortality rate. Little is known, however, about the numbers of operations performed and the ... -
Subacute uterine inversion following an induced abortion in a teenage girl: a case report
(BMC Women's Health, 2020-10-02)Background: Subacute uterine inversion is a very rare complication of mid-trimester termination of pregnancy that should be considered in a situation where unsafe abortion occurs. Case presentation: We present a case of ... -
Short interbirth interval and associated factors among women with antecedent cesarean deliveries at a tertiary hospital, Southwestern Uganda
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022-03-30)Background: Women with previous cesarean deliveries, have a heightened risk of poor maternal and perinatal outcomes, associated with short inter-birth intervals. We determined the prevalence of short inter-birth interval, ... -
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 ... -
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Positivity among Women Receiving Antenatal Care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
(Journal of Tropical Diseases and Public Health, 2019)Background: Hepatitis B infection is a disease of public health significance. The burden of the disease among the pregnant women at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital was not known yet determining seropositivity at antenatal ... -
Benefits and Barriers to Increasing Regional Anesthesia in Resource-Limited Settings
(Dovepress, 2020)Abstract: Safe and accessible surgical and anesthetic care is critically limited for over half of the world’s population, particularly in Sub-Saharan African and Southeast Asian countries. Increasing the use of regional ... -
Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Access to Modern Contraceptives in Uganda
(PloS one, 2012)Background: Over two thirds of women who need contraception in Uganda lack access to modern effective methods. This study was conducted to estimate the potential cost-effectiveness of achieving universal access to modern ... -
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 ... -
Improving the quality of maternity services in Uganda through accelerated implementation of essential interventions by healthcare professional associations
(2017)Objective: To assess whether the implementation of a package of activities through the joint action of the three international healthcare professionals associations (HCPAs) increased the use of intrapartum and postnatal ... -
Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Vulva Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VIN) among HIV Positive Women at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)Background: Vulva intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a noninvasive potential precursor of squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. VIN is more prevalent in HIV-positive than HIV-negative women and if not identified and treated ...