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2022 Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry

Predictors Patterns Of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections Among Febrile Children Under-Five Years Of Age At Kampala International University Teaching Hospital

Gloria Nakalema; Yamile Ariaz Ortiz; and Agwu Ezera

2022 | IAA Journal of Biological Sciences | Pp. 2-23

An accurate and reliable diagnosis of UTI in children is critical because they are usually underdiagnosed or over-diagnosed especially in children under five years of age. Antimicrobial susceptibility results are key to effective intervention. This study was...

2022 Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry

Prevalence of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease among Women Attending the Gynecology Clinic at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Uganda.

Petrus Baruti; Nzabandora Emmanuel; and Agwu Ezera

2022 | IAA Journal of Biological Sciences | Pp. 2-10

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is major health problem in developed and developing country involving more young women. It is associated with high rate of female reproductive health morbidity; it can complicate with ectopic pregnancy, infertility and chroni...

2022 School of Pharmacy

A Global Perspective of Vibrio Species and Associated Diseases: Three-Decade Meta-Synthesis of Research Advancement

Hope Onohuean; Ezera Agwu; and UU Nwodo

2022 | SAGE Publications | Pp. 2-15

Outbreaks of Vibrio infections have a long history of global public health concern and threat to the aquaculture industry. This 3-decade (1990-2019) meta-synthesis of global research progress in Vibrio species and associated disease outbreaks was undertaken t...

2022 School of Pharmacy

DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION, AND IN VITRO EVALUATUATION OF MOUTH DISSOLVING TABLETS OF TAMOXIFEN

Sarad Pawar Naik Bukke; Tamma Avinash Reddy; Narayana Goruntla; Hussaini Bello

2022 | Journal of Population Therapeutics & Clinical Pharmacology | Pp. 2-11

The present study was carried out on Tamoxifen by employing solid dispersion technique. The λmax of phosphate buffer pH 6.8 of Tamoxifen were found to be at 276 nm. The pure drug the optimised Solid dispersion formulations were subjected to FTIR studies. The...

2022 School of Pharmacy

Impact of Infodemic on Public Perception on Covid-19 Pandemic: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

Bogireddy Sahithi; K. Sharon; M.V. Rahul Reddy; B.Pranav Bhargav; and Dr. G. Narayana

2022 | International Journal of Life science and Pharma Research | Pp. 2-10

Infodemic’ (an overabundance of information) that makes it tough for people to find responsible sources and reliable guidance when they need it. This generates a need to know whether the public are able to distinguish fake news from true ones and the informat...

2022 School of Pharmacy

Surveillance of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Resistance Among Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from The Clinical Specimens in Secondary Referral Hospital

Raghu Prakash Reddy; Dcs Naveen Kumar; Harshitha Gonuguntla; Sai Tharun Vijay Mandala; Narayana Goruntla; and Bogireddy Sahithi

2022 | International Journal of Life science and Pharma Research | Pp. 2-7

The aim of our study is to assess the pattern of antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance to the bacterial pathogens isolated from patient specimens. The main objectives are to evaluate the pattern of antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance to the bact...

2022 Faculty of Biomedical Sciences

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Malaria-Typhoid Co-infection among Febrile Children Aged Six Months to Twelve Years at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital in Western Uganda

Joanitor Nakisuyi; Melvis Bernis; Andrew Ndamira; Vicent Kayini; Richard Mulumba; Pius Theophilus; Ezera Agwu

2022 | preprint | Pp. 1-27

Background: Pediatric febrile illnesses pose diagnostic challenges in low income countries.Western Uganda is endemic for both Malaria and Typhoid but the true prevalence of eachindividual disease, their co-infections and associated factors are poorly quantifi...

2022 Faculty of Science and Technology

Statistical Powers of Some Tests for Checking Homogeneity of Survival Distributions with Disjointed Ends in the Presence of Censoring

Babalola Bayowa Teniola; Adeleke Raphael Ayantunji; Halid Omobolaji Yusuf; Olubiyi Adenike Olufunmilola; Ogunsakin Ropo Ebenezer; Adigun Kehinde Abimbola; Adejuwon Samuel Oluwaseun; Adarabioyo Mumini Idowu; Ogunboyo Ojo Femi; Fadugba Sunday Emmanuel; Egbon Osafu Augustine; Akinyemi Oluwadare; Ogunwale Olukunle Daniel; Faweya Olanrewaju; Kawiso Martin

2022 | International Journal of Analysis and Applications | Pp. 1-14

This paper considered the comparison of some tests for assessing the overall homogeneity of Kaplan-Meier survival curves under low and high censoring rates when the curves are disjointed towards the end. The performances of these tests were measured by their...

2022 School of Allied Health Sciences

Students’ Health Behavior and Course Completion in Public and Private Universities in Uganda

Asingwire Richard; Ijeoma Amunaka B; Sofia Sol Gaite T.

2022 | International Journal of Academic and Applied Research | Pp. 354-360

The study was on Students’ health behavior and course completion in public and private universities in Uganda. It wasconducted in 9 public and private universities in Uganda while balancing 3 regions: Central, Western and Eastern. The study wasof Qualitative...

2022 School of Allied Health Sciences

TAMARINDUS INDICA IMPROVED GROWTH RETARDATION ASSOCIATED WITH PRENATAL ETHANOL EXPOSURE IN WISTAR RAT NEONATES

Usman I.M.; Archibong V.B.; Etukudo E.M.; Elisa N.; Ayuba J.T.; Andrew E.T.; Adebisi A.; Mwabaleke J; Diaz E.F.

2022 | www.kjhs.kiu.ac.ug | Pp. 26-32

Background:Complications associated with alcoholism such as enduring growth retardation, especially during pregnancy, are serioushealth issues calling for lots of attention.Objectives:The study evaluated the effect of Tamarindus indica during prenatal ethanol...