P Karasira
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1.
Simonsen J, Cameron D, Gakinya M, Ndinya-Achola J, DCosta L, Karasira P, et al.
N Engl J Med
. 1988 Aug;
319(5):274-8.
PMID: 3393182
Heterosexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) appears to occur readily in Africa but less commonly in North America and Europe. We conducted a case-control study among men attending...
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Ndinya-Achola J, Nsanze H, Karasira P, Fransen L, DCosta L, Piot P, et al.
Genitourin Med
. 1986 Jun;
62(3):202-4.
PMID: 3733082
Amoxycillin and clavulanic acid (Augmentin; Beecham Research Laboratories) was used to treat patients with bacteriologically proved chancroid in three different dose regimens. A single dose of Augmentin (amoxycillin 3 g,...
3.
Plummer F, DCosta L, Nsanze H, Karasira P, Maclean I, Piot P, et al.
Sex Transm Dis
. 1985 Oct;
12(4):193-7.
PMID: 3878601
The etiology of genital ulcers in women in tropical regions is poorly understood. Eighty-nine women, presenting to a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Nairobi (Kenya) with a primary complaint of...
4.
Plummer F, Maggwa N, DCosta L, Nsanze H, Karasira P, Maclean I, et al.
Sex Transm Dis
. 1984 Oct;
11(4):304-7.
PMID: 6098034
The authors conducted a double-blind randomized clinical trial comparing single-dose cefotaxime (1 g im) plus daily placebo injections with cefotaxime (1 g im on each of three days). Each regimen...
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Fast M, DCosta L, Nsanze H, Piot P, Curran J, Karasira P, et al.
Sex Transm Dis
. 1984 Apr;
11(2):72-6.
PMID: 6611593
Since the clinical diagnosis of genital ulcers without laboratory confirmation is not reliable in developed countries, we postulated that clinical diagnosis alone would be no more reliable in developing countries....
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Plummer F, DCosta L, Nsanze H, Dylewski J, Karasira P, Ronald A
Lancet
. 1983 Dec;
2(8362):1293-5.
PMID: 6139629
Of 300 men in Nairobi, Kenya, with culture-proven chancroid, 57% had acquired infection from prostitutes. The majority of infections were acquired in the city of Nairobi. All 10 female source...
7.
Plummer F, DCosta L, Nsanze H, Maclean I, Karasira P, Piot P, et al.
J Infect Dis
. 1983 Oct;
148(4):726-31.
PMID: 6355314
The emergence of Haemophilus ducreyi resistant to multiple antibiotics has limited the effectiveness of sulfonamides and tetracycline for the therapy of chancroid. A randomized, double-blind study compared 10-day courses of...
8.
Plummer F, Nsanze H, DCosta L, Karasira P, Maclean I, ELLISON R, et al.
N Engl J Med
. 1983 Jul;
309(2):67-71.
PMID: 6343878
We conducted a randomized double-blind trial comparing a single dose of trimethoprim-sulfametrole (640 to 3200 mg) with five-day regimens of either trimethoprim-sulfametrole (160 to 800 mg twice daily) or trimethoprim...
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Plummer F, Nsanze H, DCosta L, Ndugga Maggwa A, Girouard Y, Karasira P, et al.
Rev Infect Dis
. 1983 Jul;
5 Suppl 3:S565-72.
PMID: 6635447
Tetracyclines and sulfonamides are no longer effective for the treatment of chancroid in many parts of the world. Rifampin and trimethoprim both possess in vitro activity against Haemophilus ducreyi, the...
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Fast M, Nsanze H, DCosta L, Karasira P, Maclean I, Piot P, et al.
Sex Transm Dis
. 1983 Jan;
10(1):1-6.
PMID: 6601847
One hundred fifty-one men with genital ulcer disease were assigned randomly to treatment with one of five oral antimicrobial regimens: (1) sulfadimidine (1 g four times daily for seven days);...