A rare case of multi-drug resistant -induced sepsis in a healthy young man in Uganda.

Key Clinical Message: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health challenge. It causes unresponsiveness to treatment with antimicrobials, leads to sepsis, septic shock, and increased hospital mortality. This is compounded by new multidrug resistant organisms.

High blood pressure prevalence, awareness, treatment, and blood pressure control among Ugandans with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders.

Background: Rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders (RMDs) are associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), with hypertension being the most common. We aimed to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP), awareness, treatment, and blood pressure control among patients with RMDs seen in a Rheumatology clinic in Uganda.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study at the Rheumatology Clinic of Mulago National Referral Hospital (MNRH), Kampala, Uganda.

Patient-reported outcome measure of the quality of life in Ugandans living with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

Aim Of The Work: To assess the patient reported outcome measure (PROM) of the quality of life (QoL) of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RDs) attending two tertiary care rheumatology clinics in Uganda.

Patients And Methods: Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of RD and receiving disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) were studied. Health index and overall self-rated health status were assessed using the EuroQol 5-dimension (ED-5D-5L) questionnaire tool.

High Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms Among Ugandan Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Background: There is a scarcity of data on the burden of depression among Ugandans with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. We aimed to screen for symptoms of depression, their severity and associated factors among patients with RA in Uganda.

Patients And Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted between September and December 2020 at Mulago National Referral Hospital (MNRH) and Nsambya Hospital.

HIV sero-positivity and risk factors for ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in hospitalised patients in Uganda: A prospective-case-control study.

Objectives: We examined HIV sero-positivity and risk factors in patients admitted with ischaemic stroke (IS) and haemorrhagic stroke (HS) in Kampala, Uganda.

Study Design: We conducted a matched case-control study between December 2016 and December 2018 ​at ​St Francis Hospital, Nsambya.

Methods: The study population comprised of stroke cases (adults aged ≥18 years with IS or HS confirmed by neuroimaging) and controls (age- and sex-matched stroke-free adults aged ≥18 years who were recruited from the same hospital as the cases).