Respiratory tract infection in HIV-1-infected adults in Nairobi, Kenya: evaluation of risk factors and the World Health Organization treatment algorithm

Article Abstract:

The World Health Organization guidelines for treating respiratory tract infections in HIV patients made need to be updated. In a study of 360 HIV patients, one-third of the patients who developed a bronchitis or pneumonia did not respond to the treatments recommended in the guidelines.

Drug therapy, Respiratory tract infections, Complications

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Risk factors for pneumonia in urban-dwelling HIV-infected women: a case-control study in Nairobi, Kenya

Article Abstract:

Research has been carried out on HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa. The role of socioeconomic, demographic and environmental risk factors for pneumonia in these women has been investigated, and the details are reported.

United States, Science & research, Labor Distribution by Employer, Care and treatment, Research, Methods, Analysis, Case studies, Women, Causes of, Statistics, Demographic aspects, Diseases, HIV patients, Women's health, Pneumonia, AIDS (Disease), Epidemiology, AIDS research, AIDS treatment, Bacterial pneumonia

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Independent association of hygiene, socioeconomic status, and circumcision with reduced risk of HIV infection among Kenyan men

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to assess the genital hygiene beliefs and practices in Kenyan men and the relationship of such practices to bacterial vaginosis in their female partners. The factors significantly associated with HIV-1 infection in men included syphilis seropositivity, SES component 1, and hygiene component 2, and the hygiene practices of men in Kenya showed that bathing the genitalia was associated with access to water, demonstrating the potential acceptability of such an intervention even in resource-poor settings.

Vaginosis, Hygiene, Bacterial vaginosis, Clinical report

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