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Clinical utility of the FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis panel in children with suspected central nervous system infection in a low-resource setting – a prospective study in southwestern Uganda

Rasti R, Kumbakumba E, Nanjebe D, Mlotshwa P, Nassejje M,  et al.
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

In low-resource settings, limited laboratory capacity adds to the burden of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children and spurs overuse of ...

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Impact of postpartum maternal fever or hypothermia on newborn and early infant illness and death in Southwestern Uganda

Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Adong J, Arinaitwe R, Nanjebe D, Orikiriza P,  et al.
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2024-08-27 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

BACKGROUND

Deaths ...

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Practices and challenges related to antibiotic use in paediatric treatment in hospitals and health centres in Niger and Uganda: a mixed methods study

Mambula G, Nanjebe D, Munene A, Guindo O, Salifou A,  et al.
2023-07-11 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
2023-07-11 • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
BACKGROUND
Antibiotic resistance is a significant public health problem and is responsible for high mortality in children and new-borns. Strengthening the rational use of antibiotics...
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Immunogenicity and safety of fractional doses of 17D-213 yellow fever vaccine in children (YEFE): a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority substudy of a phase 4 trial

Juan-Giner A, Namulwana ML, Kimathi D, Grantz KH, Fall G,  et al.
2023-04-28 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2023-04-28 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Current supply shortages constrain yellow fever vaccination activities, particularly outbreak response. Although fractional doses of all WHO-prequalified yellow fever vacc...
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Assessment of the proportion of households with burn victims, associated risk factors and knowledge of burn injury prevention strategies in South Western Uganda. A population based cross sectional survey

Martin T, Nanjebe D, Atwine D
2023-03-01 • Burns
2023-03-01 • Burns
BACKGROUND
Burn injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality within Low- and Middle-income countries (LMICs). Most of these burn injuries occur at home with children most a...
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Carriage prevalence and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae prior to 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine introduction: a population-based cross-sectional study in South Western Uganda, 2014

Nackers F, Cohuet S, le Polain de Waroux O, Langendorf C, Nyehangane D,  et al.
2017-09-18 • Vaccine
2017-09-18 • Vaccine
BACKGROUND
Information on Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage before the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) introduction is essential to monitor impact. The 10-va...
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Commentary

Capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa as part of the INTENSE-TBM project during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ariza-Vioque E, Ello F, Andriamamonjisoa H, Machault V, González-Martín J,  et al.
2022-06-29 • Infectious Diseases and Therapy
2022-06-29 • Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe and disabling form of tuberculosis (TB), with at least 100,000 cases per year and a mortality rate of up to 50% in individuals co-infected...
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Antimicrobial-resistant infections among postpartum women at a Ugandan referral hospital

Bebell LM, Ngonzi J, Bazira J, Fajardo Y, Boatin AA,  et al.
2017-04-13 • PLOS One
2017-04-13 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
Puerperal sepsis causes 10% of maternal deaths in Africa, but prospective studies on incidence, microbiology and antimicrobial resistance are lacking.

METHODS
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Antimicrobial treatment practices among Ugandan children with suspicion of central nervous system infection

Kemigisha E, Nanjebe D, Langendorf C, Aberrane S, Nyehangane D,  et al.
2018-10-09 • PLOS One
2018-10-09 • PLOS One
Acute central nervous system (CNS) infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa are often fatal. Potential contributors include late presentation, limited diagnostic capacity and inadequ...
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Point-of-care approaches for meningitis diagnosis in a low-resource setting (Southwestern Uganda): observational cohort study protocol of the “PI-POC” trial

Gaudenzi G, Kumbakumba E, Rasti R, Nanjebe D, Reu P,  et al.
2020-11-04 • JMIR Research Protocols
2020-11-04 • JMIR Research Protocols
BACKGROUND
A timely differential diagnostic is essential to identify the etiology of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children, in order to facilitate targeted treatment, m...
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Research

Effect of high-dose rifampicin on efavirenz pharmacokinetics: drug-drug interaction randomized trial

Atwine D, Baudin E, Gele T, Muyindike WR, Mworozi K,  et al.
2020-01-30 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
2020-01-30 • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Background: High-dose rifampicin is considered to shorten anti-TB treatment duration but its effect on antiretroviral metabolism is unknown.

Objectives: To assess the effect o...
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Health care workers' perceptions of point-of-care testing in a low-income country--a qualitative study in Southwestern Uganda

Rasti R, Nanjebe D, Karlstrom J, Muchunguzi C, Mwanga-Amumpaire J,  et al.
2017-07-27 • PLOS One
2017-07-27 • PLOS One
Point-of-care (POC) tests have become increasingly available and more widely used in recent years. They have been of particular importance to low-income settings, enabling them with clin...
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Aetiology and Outcomes of Suspected Infections of the Central Nervous System in Children in Mbarara, Uganda

Page AL, Kemigisha E, Salez N, Nanjebe D, Langendorf C,  et al.
2017-06-02 • Scientific Reports
2017-06-02 • Scientific Reports
Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are severe conditions, leading to neurological sequelae or death. Knowledge of the causative agents is essential to develop guidelines for ...
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Risk factors for vaginal colonization and relationship between bacterial vaginal colonization and in-hospital outcomes in women with obstructed labor in a Ugandan regional referral hospital

Ngonzi J, Bebell LM, Bazira J, Fajardo Y, Nyehangane D,  et al.
2018-09-20 • International Journal of Microbiology
2018-09-20 • International Journal of Microbiology
INTRODUCTION
The proportion of women with severe maternal morbidity from obstructed labor is between 2 and 12% in resource-limited settings. Maternal vaginal colonization with group ...