CHARACTERIZING INJURY AT A TERTIARY REFERRAL HOSPITAL IN KENYA.

Characterizing injury at a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya.

IntroductionInjury accounts for more than 5.8 million deaths globally with an increasing burden in the developing world.In Kenya, trauma is one of the top 10 leading causes of death.However, no formal continuous injury surveillance systems are in place to inform injury prevention, pre-hospital care or emergency department management.The aim of this

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In Situ Intraepithelial Localizations of Opportunistic Pathogens, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Filifactor alocis, in Human Gingiva

Porphyromonas gingivalis and Filifactor alocis are fastidious oral pathogens and etiological agents associated with chronic periodontitis.Although previous studies showed increased levels of the two obligate anaerobic species in periodontitis patients, methodologies for this knowledge were primarily limited to sampling Custom Tote Bag subgingival p

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