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Outpatient Management Of Urinary Tract Infections By Medical Officers In Nairobi, Kenya: Lack Of Benefit From Audit And Feedback On Adherence To Treatment Guidelines, Florence Mbatia, James Orwa, Mary B. Adam, Gulnaz Mohamoud, Rodney Adam Sep 2023

Outpatient Management Of Urinary Tract Infections By Medical Officers In Nairobi, Kenya: Lack Of Benefit From Audit And Feedback On Adherence To Treatment Guidelines, Florence Mbatia, James Orwa, Mary B. Adam, Gulnaz Mohamoud, Rodney Adam

Family Medicine, East Africa

Introduction: Acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections are common in outpatient settings but are not treated optimally. Few studies of the outpatient use of antibiotics for specifc diagnoses have been done in sub-Saharan Africa, so little is known about the prescribing patterns of medical ofcers in the region.

Methods: Aga Khan University has 16 outpatient clinics throughout the Nairobi metro area with a medical ofcer specifcally assigned to that clinic. A baseline assessment of evaluation and treatment of suspected UTI was performed from medical records in these clinics. Then the medical ofcer from each of the 16 clinics was recruited from …


Rare Autoimmune Disease Caused By Not-So Rare Virus, Tiffany Marchewka, Acho Bernard, Molly Kempa, Kathryn Heal, Joseph M. Fullmer May 2023

Rare Autoimmune Disease Caused By Not-So Rare Virus, Tiffany Marchewka, Acho Bernard, Molly Kempa, Kathryn Heal, Joseph M. Fullmer

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