Testicular Schistosomiasis Mimicking Malignancy in a Child: A Case Report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm constitutes a major part of neonatal mortality, particularly in India. Due to dermal immaturity, preterm neonates are susceptible to various complications like infection, hypothermia, etc. Emollient application is a traditional practice in our subcontinent. AIMS:To find out the efficacy of coconut o...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Konar MC,Islam K,Roy A,Ghosh T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and sociodemographic factors of anemia in children <36 months old in China. In this study, data of 24 235 children were investigated from 32 primary health care (PHC) facilities in 11 province-level regions. Pearson χ2-test and logistic regression model were used to estimate ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Xin QQ,Chen BW,Yin DL,Xiao F,Li RL,Yin T,Yang HM,Zheng XG,Wang LH

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen Omani infants, ranging between 2 and 4 months of age, with acute lead encephalopathy underwent plain skeletal radiology. X-rays in all 15 infants revealed dense metaphyseal bands in long bones. These were best seen around the knee joint. Six infants had evidence of multiple lead lines indicating previous episo...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Woolf DA,Riach IC,Derweesh A,Vyas H

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhoeal mortality and hospital admissions for diarrhoea are described among children under the age of 5 years in a large rural Bangladeshi community during 1986-87. Acute watery (dehydrating) diarrhoea was associated with 11 per cent of all deaths among infants aged 1-11 months and 5 per cent among children aged 1-...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Fauveau V,Yunus M,Zaman K,Chakraborty J,Sarder AM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital anomalies exist all over the world. The management and outcome, however, vary considerably between the developed and the developing countries. This study looks at the impediments to the management of surgically correctable anomalies in South-east Nigeria. A prospective study was undertaken on 223 children w...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ekenze SO,Ikechukwu RN,Oparaocha DC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-hundred-and-eighty-eight ostensibly normal, pubertal schoolchildren, aged 9-16 years, residing in Chinamora Communal Land, Zimbabwe, had blood taken to assess thyroid function. Total goitre rate in the area was 44 per cent in primary schoolchildren: 91 of the subjects tested were goitrous. Thyroid stimulating horm...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Todd CH,Sanders D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 397 school children for ankle clonus in five communities in three districts affected by konzo, spastic paraparesis associated with cassava consumption. From a subsample of 131 children, we analysed urine specimens for urinary thiocyanate, linamarin, and inorganic sulphate. The proportion of children with c...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Cliff J,Nicala D,Saute F,Givragy R,Azambuja G,Taela A,Chavane L,Gani A

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Topical emollient application reduces trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) in preterm neonates. Coconut oil used traditionally for infant massage in India has not been evaluated for the same. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates were randomized at 12 h of age to Oil (n = 37) or Control (n ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Nangia S,Paul VK,Deorari AK,Sreenivas V,Agarwal R,Chawla D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing mortality pattern of children after discharge from hospital is important to guide appropriate management policy. We studied young children aged 1-23 months, who were discharged from an urban Diarrhoea Treatment Hospital. Children were enrolled on discharge from the hospital, and followed at home after 6 and ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Islam MA,Rahman MM,Mahalanabis D,Rahman AK

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In-hospital treatment of children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is not a feasible option in many resource-poor countries. Home-based treatment has shown to be a viable alternative. Adherence is an important factor determining success of treatment. OBJECTIVE:Identify possible barriers to adherence of h...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： van Elsland SL,Springer P,Steenhuis IH,van Toorn R,Schoeman JF,van Furth AM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-12 receptor beta1 IL12RB1 deficiency causes vulnerability to poorly virulent mycobacteria and nontyphoid Salmonella species. We describe a 2.5 year-old girl with IL12RB1 deficiency, caused by a homozygous mutation in this gene, who presented with recurrent bacteremia caused by Salmonella spp. ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ozen M,Ceyhan M,Sanal O,Bayraktar M,Mesci L

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 4-year period, March 1989 to February 1993, 22 children with proven urinary tract infections (UTI) due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were studied retrospectively. The infections were more common in males (59 per cent), with the highest number of cases 10 (46 per cent) occurring in the 1-4 year age group. Sixty-ei...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ozumba UC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to examine the rates of HIV serostatus disclosure in a sample of HIV-infected children in the state of Karnataka in South India, their reactions to learning their HIV-positive status and the reasons for and barriers to disclosure from the point of view of their caregivers. We enrolled 233 HIV-i...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Ekstrand ML,Heylen E,Mehta K,Sanjeeva GN,Shet A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkitt's lymphoma is the most common childhood cancer in Africa. Most prevalent in areas endemic for malaria, the disease, a malignant growth of lymphoid tissue, usually presents itself as a large tumour of the jaw. When first characterized in the 1950s, the lymphoma was thought to spread by some infectious agent. Su...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Goldstein JA,Bernstein RL

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the state of iodine nutrition in post-iodation scenario, 3500 children were examined clinically for endemic goitre. Iodine and thiocyanate were measured in 240 urine samples; iodine content in 210 salt samples was measured. Total goitre prevalence was 6.1%. Median urinary iodine level was 21.80 µg/dl, and ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bhattacharya U,Chandra AK

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India with its 4 million cases of leprosy, accounts for one-third of the world's population of leprosy patients. One-fourth of them are below 15 years of age. We report a 5-year follow-up study of healthy children who were close contacts of leprosy patients, in order to: 1. detect subclinical infection and observe the...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Dayal R,Bharadwaj VP

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 128 jaundiced term neonates showed that 28 (22 per cent) had hearing loss based on brain stem-evoked response. There was no significant difference in the percentage of neonates with hearing loss between those with peak serum bilirubin levels of less than 340 mumol/l (16 per cent) and those with hyperbilirub...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Boo NY,Oakes M,Lye MS,Said H

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of neonatal sepsis although standard text books recommend 14 days of antibiotics for blood culture-proven neonatal sepsis. OBJECTIVE:The present study compared the effectiveness of a 10-day course of antibiotic therapy with the conventional 14-day cou...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gathwala G,Sindwani A,Singh J,Choudhry O,Chaudhary U

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To reduce malnutrition and improve child survival, school feeding programmes have been established in many parts of Africa, although prevalence of child malnutrition and anaemia remains high, especially in urban slums. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of a school feeding programme in the slums of ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Neervoort F,von Rosenstiel I,Bongers K,Demetriades M,Shacola M,Wolffers I

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Without early recognition and treatment, neonatal meningitis (NM) has a high mortality and morbidity. Although some neonates have features of NM, many do not. In many low-resource settings, the laboratory support to diagnose NM is not available, and bedside diagnostics are needed. Methods:This retrospective...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Burgoine K,Ikiror J,Naizuli K,Achom L,Akol S,Olupot-Olupot P

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we will describe the presence of metabolic syndrome and its components in a group of hypertensive and obese adolescents. The study presented here was conducted on 20 patients (10 boys) presented with complaints of obesity and hypertension who were diagnosed as metabolic syndrome. In 20 patients who we...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Mir S,Tabel Y,Darcan S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cardiac tamponade due to air leak and fatal pneumopericardium that occurred after commercial flight transportation of a premature infant with chronic lung disease without respiratory distress. We review and discuss aspects of flight pathophysiology, and conclude that careful preparation before, and...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Wang LS,Cheng GQ,Chen C,Cao Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report diagnosis, treatment and evolution of cases of ocular toxocariasis in specialized consultation in Quindío, Colombia. No cases were seen during the 2000-17 period, but five cases were confirmed from November 2017 to March 2019; two children resulted with definitive loss of vision on the affected eye. Studies ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Gómez-Marín JE,Londoño ÁL,Cabeza-Acevedo N,Torres E,Navarrete-Moncada L,Bueno O,Nati A,Nieto-Rodríguez P,Ariza-Pardo S,Isaza KJ,Chacón-Álvarez V,Romero-Delgado SA,Grijalva-Plaza S

更新日期：2020-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find the relationship between vitamin-D levels and late-onset sepsis (LOS) in term neonates. METHODS:This case-control study was conducted in neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching institution in central India. Full-term neonates with culture-proven LOS were taken as cases. Maternal and ...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Agrawal A,Gupta A,Shrivastava J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized controlled trial was conducted over a 1-year period (November 2001-November 2002) in Addis Ababa to study the effectiveness of early Kangaroo mother care before stabilization of low birthweight infants as compared with the conventional method of care. There were 259 babies weighing less than 2000 g during...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Worku B,Kassie A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to investigate the dynamics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) RNA in hospitalized young children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and to explore whether Mp RNA clearance differed for wheezy and non-wheezy group after the onset of azithromycin treatment. METHODS:We included hospitalized young ch...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Chen J,Ji F,Yin Y,Yuan S

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:One thousand children with cerebral palsy (CP) were reviewed to study their clinical profile, etiological factors and associated problems. Spastic quadriplegia constituted the predominant group (61 per cent), followed by spastic diplegia (22 per cent). Dyskinetic CP was present in 7.8 per cent of the cases. Acquired C...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Singhi PD,Ray M,Suri G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, 95 premature infants with birthweights equal or less than 1500 g were screened for intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) using cranial ultrasound. Nineteen (20 per cent) were found to have developed IVH. Eight out of fourteen variables studied showed a signific...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Bassiouny MR,Remo C,Remo R,Lapitan R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantity as well as quality of survivals determine the performance of a neonatal centre. Our centre has succeeded in improving survival with low cost technology without compromising the quality. Neurodevelopmental handicap was low on a 1-year follow-up. No baby had retinopathy of prematurity or hearing deficit. Dropou...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Kadam SB,Daga SR,Daga AS

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen cases of external hydrocephalus (EH) were seen from January 1993 to June 1995. There were 13 (81.3 per cent) male and three female children. Fourteen (87.5 per cent) were under 12 months of age. Three siblings with EH were seen in one family. All but three of the 16 recovered over time without medical or surgi...

journal_title：Journal of tropical pediatrics

authors： Roshan K,Elizabeth C,Chacko A,Rajendra J,Gururaj A,Dilip S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00