Catherine Mwangi

Patient-related Factors that Influence Surgical Site Infections among Post Laparotomy Patients in the Surgical Unit at Thika Level 5 Hospital Kiambu County

Catherine Mwangi, Nilufar Jivraj & Bernard Mbithi · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2025

A surgical site infection (SSI) is a common complication of surgical procedures and represents one form of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) acquired by patients before, during, or after receiving surgical intervention. It's the second most common Healthcare-Associate Infecti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2025/v37i25723

Comparing Diagnostic Performance of Pronto Dry Rapid Urease® and Culture to Histopathology among Endoscopy Patients at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi-Kenya

Stephen Njoroge, Catherine Mwangi, Kimang’a Nyerere, Gunturu Revathi, Smita Devani, Allan Rajula, Rose Kamenwa, Nyamongo Onkoba & Fredrick Odhiambo · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2019

Aim: This study sought to evaluate Pronto dry rapid urease® diagnostic test and compare its performance with culture. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration: From September 2017 to July 2018, across-sectional study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospita...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jammr/2019/v29i1230147