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| K P ManjiSummaryAffiliation: Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences Country: Tanzania Publications
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Oral hygiene practices, periodontal conditions, dentition status and self-reported bad mouth breath among young mothers, TanzaniaE G S Mumghamba
Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, and Dental Department, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Int J Dent Hyg 4:166-73. 2006..To determine the oral hygiene practices, periodontal conditions, dentition status and self-reported bad mouth breath (S-BMB) among young mothers...
Antimicrobial resistance predicts death in Tanzanian children with bloodstream infections: a prospective cohort studyBjørn Blomberg
Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
BMC Infect Dis 7:43. 2007..Bloodstream infection is a common cause of hospitalization, morbidity and death in children. The impact of antimicrobial resistance and HIV infection on outcome is not firmly established...
Aggressive Kaposi's sarcoma in a 6-month-old African infant: case report and review of the literatureK P Manji
Department of Paediatrics, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Trop Med Int Health 5:85-7. 2000..Furthermore, the available evidence would suggest a nonsexual route of HHSV8 infection, possibly from mother to fetus...
Neonatal hypothermia on admission to a special care unit in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: a cause for concernK P Manji
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, PO Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Cent Afr J Med 49:23-7. 2003..Hypothermia in newborn babies is a problem in tropical countries despite warm environmental conditions and it contributes to a high neonatal morbidity and mortality...
Tuberculosis (presumed congenital) in a neonatal unit in Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaK P Manji
Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
J Trop Pediatr 47:153-5. 2001..We speculate that congenital tuberculosis is not rare and carries a high mortality. There is need to have a high index of suspicion especially where maternal HIV and tuberculosis are highly prevalent...
Circumcision of the young infant in a developing country using the PlastibellK P Manji
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Ann Trop Paediatr 20:101-4. 2000..The Plastibell has been found to be cheap and easy to use and was associated with minor, remediable complications in less than 3% of infants...
Gingival recession, oral hygiene and associated factors among Tanzanian womenE G S Mumghamba
Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P O Box 65014, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
East Afr Med J 86:125-32. 2009..Females are generally more motivated with regard to oral hygiene practices and thus brush their teeth more frequently than males...
Relationship between infant birth weight </=2000 g and maternal zinc levels at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, TanzaniaAnath Ab Bakari Rwebembera
Department of Paediatrics, Mwananyamala District Hospital, Tanzania
J Trop Pediatr 52:118-25. 2006..Maternal age of <or=19 years is associated with low infant birth weight and low maternal zinc levels. Plasma zinc level in mother correlated with plasma zinc level is their offspring...
Kaposi's sarcoma before and during a human immunodeficiency virus epidemic in Tanzanian childrenH Amir
Department of Surgery, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Pediatr Infect Dis J 20:518-21. 2001..Recognition of the high KS risk in small children warrants considerations of possible prevention measures including HIV/HHV8 vaccination and therapeutic options...
Verbal autopsy in establishing cause of perinatal deathN Iriya
Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
East Afr Med J 79:82-4. 2002..Verbal autopsy is a simpler and more sensitive tool in establishing the cause of perinatal death than hospital records in a rural district of Tanzania. Large-scale studies are needed to validate this...
