Point prevalence study of the spectrum of infectious diseases and antimicrobial drug use in homogenous slum population of Mukuru in Nairobi.

We performed a prospective point prevalence study with a simple prospective protocol and analyzed spectrum of infections (ID) etiology and antimicrobial therapy in all cases coming for one month (June 2006). Respiratory tract infections represented 33% of all visits followed by diarrheal infections (197 cases) and sexually transmitted disease (86), skin and soft tissue infection (68), AIDS (40) and malaria (26) cases. Majority of isolates were St.

Etiology and resistance patterns of respiratory isolates in Kenyan adults with AIDS from slum population.

We investigated regularly swabs of adults dispenzarised at Mary Immaculate Clinic of Trnava University in Nairobi providing free health care for about 50 000 population of Mukuru Slums. 20 patients who were treated for AIDS by our clinic (those who started HAART before Free National AIDS Cooperation Programme - NASCOP) were assessed after 1, 2 and 3 years (18 of 20 completed the survey, other 2 loss of follow up, probably died. Exposure to other molecules can select resistant mutants.