Microbiological profile of chronic osteomyelitis with special reference to anaerobic osteomyelitis in a tertiary care hospital of coastal Karnataka.

abstract：:A structured questionnaire was administered to 50 medical patients, 50 surgical patients and 50 staff members at Vila Central Hospital, Vanuatu. A similar study was conducted 10 years earlier. In the intervening decade, Vanuatu has seen unprecedented population growth, increasing expatriate numbers, and the introducti...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Lai Y,Grace R

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weighing children is one of the simplest, cheapest, and quickest methods of assessing the nutritional status of children. Regular weighing of children and recording the results on growth charts can be used to monitor the growth pattern of individual children and may promote early detection and prevention of growth-fa...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Abel R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of bowel obstruction. The condition was first described three decades ago and is found mainly among adolescent females in tropical and sub-tropical countries. It is characterized by a thick fibrous membrane encapsulating the small intestines partially or completely. Patients present wi...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ibrahim NA,Oludara MA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 1989, cases of human plague started to occur in Boteti district of Botswana. One hundred and seventy cases were recorded in total from 15 October 1989 to 6 April 1990. There were 12 deaths, giving a case fatality rate of 7%. All cases were of the bubonic type. A concerted control strategy based on sentinel ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kumaresan JA,Grova JB,Mmatli PK,Maganu ED

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this preliminary study was to evaluate the usefulness of the intradermal smear test in the diagnosis of malaria. One hundred cases of suspected malaria (having received no prior antimalarials) were investigated. Both peripheral blood film (PBF) and intradermal smears (IDS) were simultaneously prepared...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Singh H,Sen R,Singh S,Siwach SB,Jagdish,Singh RM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A morbidity and mortality survey was carried out amongst 196 malnourished children attending the Nutrition Unit, Ministry of Health, Owina Street, Benin City, Nigeria, between January 1971 and December 1973 (morbidity) and also between October 1974 and March 1975 (mortality). Gastrointestinal disorders (77, 39.3%) and...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ogbeide O,Osuhor PC

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and sixty-eight laparoscopies, performed for various indications between 1985 and 1989, were studied retrospectively and the findings and experiences are reported. The most frequent diagnoses were hepatocellular carcinoma (20%) and liver cirrhosis (18%). Correlation of macroscopic and histopathological dia...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Missalek W,Mmuni K

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization rate of available donor corneas is very low almost everywhere. The present work was undertaken to study the rate of acceptability of donor corneas in a city eye bank in India. Donor eyes were evaluated under slit lamp examination and tissue quality was categorized as: very good; good; fair; and poor fo...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Raychaudhuri A,Raychaudhuri M,Banerjee AR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a tracheostomy is routine in current intensive care practice to facilitate weaning patients requiring prolonged respiratory support from mechanical ventilation. Percutaneous tracheostomy has become an established technique with an acceptable risk profile in appropriately selected patients, and has the advan...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Pollach G,Namboya F,Jung K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare phenomenon that occurs either primarily or secondary to a multitude of conditions, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis most commonly, and other infections like enteric fever and tuberculosis. It has been reported as an extremely rare complication of scrub typhus with ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Gopal GK,Anugrah C,Boorugu H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus uncommonly causes neurological problems. Among these manifestations meningoencephalitis is very rare. We describe the clinical and laboratory features of a young boy with hepatitis A associated meningoencephalitis and compare it with other cases which had the same diagnoses. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Davoudi S,Soudbakhsh A,Emadikouchak H,Nikbakht G,Modabbernia A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data of HIV affected individuals of aged 50 years and above in India are lacking for various reasons. Diagnosing HIV infection among the elderly is challenging as chronic HIV/AIDS can mimic those typically associated with aging in parallel to the myth that elderly individuals lead asexual lives. In thi...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Talukdar A,Khanra D,Ray S,Talukdar P,Rana S,Banerjee B,Saha B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of eight years (1999-2006), 92 cases of abdominal TB were diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). Based on our findings, FNAC is a simple, fast, accurate and inexpensive diagnostic procedure for cases of suspected abdominal TB. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Handa U,Garg S,Mohan H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and three patients with intestinal gangrene were managed in Ile-Ife, Nigeria over a 10-year period. The overall mortality in the series was 25.2%. Strangulated hernias were responsible for 65 cases (63%), intussusception 20.4%, adhesions 11.7% and volvulus 2.9%. Avoidable deaths resulted from anastomotic b...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Fashakin EO

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin preserved allogeneic (FPA) bone graft was used in 18 patients with benign bone cavities, nine patients with malignant bone cavities, 12 patients with atrophic nonunion of fractures, seven with gap nonunion and 18 with comminuted fractures. The benign bone cavities were obliterated in 20 weeks and malignant ca...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Agarwal S,Mishra US,Jain UK

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of postoperative wound infection was found to be low at 1.12% overall in a prospective study. This was achieved by careful preoperative preparation, judicious use of cheap prophylactic antibiotics which are included in the WHO model list of essential drugs, and meticulous operative technique. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Nasher AA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:: Wonder of Life (kalanchoe pinnata) leaves are commonly used to treat diabetic foot infections. These patients are usually non-compliant with conventional medical therapy. We surmised that these patients would have a higher incidence of treatment failures. Patients admitted with diabetic foot infections wer...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Cawich SO,Harnarayan P,Budhooram S,Bobb NJ,Islam S,Naraynsingh V

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molluscicidal activity of the fruit and leaves of Dialium guineense was found to be due to glycosides of the triterpenoid oleanolic acid. Three glycosides were isolated from the fruit and a fourth from the leaves and are known compounds. The amount of total saponins present in D. guineense makes it a good candidat...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Houghton PJ,Odukoya OA,Adelusi A,Omogbai EK,Sanderson L,Whitfield PJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and biochemical profile of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) varies from epidemic to epidemic. We studied children hospitalized with DHF from September 2003 to December 2003. All were diagnosed, managed and monitored according to a standard protocol. Of the 34 who fulfilled the World Health Organization cri...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Faridi MM,Aggarwal A,Kumar M,Sarafrazul A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of noradrenaline (8 mg in 100 ml cold saline) gastric lavage was compared with that of cold saline alone in 42 patients with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in a prospective, randomized, double blind study. Fifty three per cent (11/21) of the patients given noradrenaline stopped bleeding within two hours...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sarin SK,Nundy S,Tandon BN

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder function was studied in 22 patients with portal hypertension due to advanced Schistosoma mansoni infection and in 17 healthy adults. The fasting volume of the gallbladder was significantly less in patients than in controls. The gallbladder wall was grossly thickened in the study group. There was a signific...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ali QM,Abdel-Rahim IM,Doehring-Schwertfegar E,Franke D,Kardorff R,el Sheikh M,Ehrich JH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a short report describing the clinical presentation, investigations, treatment and outcome of a patient living in the Jamaican countryside who was diagnosed with a live, motile subfoveal helminth identified as Angiostrongylus cantonensis on optical coherence tomography at the University Hospital of the West In...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sawh R,Mowatt L

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number of patients presenting with severe anaemia and who invariably receive blood transfusion is of concern. This retrospective study reports the pattern of presentation and the outcome of management of patients who were transfused in the Emergency Paediatric Unit of Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, bet...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Nwolisa CE,Owoeye OO,Anyanwu C,Diogu C,Okeahialiam TC

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are first-line therapy for children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS). These children are at risk of deranged bone metabolism and low bone mineral density (BMD). We studied 60 children with INS and divided them into two groups. Group 1 included 21 children (initial and infrequent relapsing) and ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sharawat IK,Dawman L,Kumkhaniya MV,Devpura K,Mehta A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine tumours (NET) are rare. They usually arise from the gastrointestinal or bronchopulmonary systems. Most are discovered incidentally and the small bowel tumours pose special difficulty in detection and treatment. Primary mesenteric involvement is very rare. Here we report such a case with a liver metastas...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Agarwal A,Kaman L,Gupta A,Ramavath K,Vaiphei K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strategy of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) aims at improving the skills of first level health workers and consequently, improving the survival chances of children. The guidelines have been shown to be cost-effective. We aimed to determine the potential impact of using IMCI guidelines on drug tre...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Wammanda RD,Ejembi CL,Iorliam T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is an uncommon disease characterised by eosinophilic infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract. EGE may involve more than one layer of the gastrointestinal tract. Clinical features depend on the layer and location which is involved. We report an unusual case of eosinophilic ascites ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kodan P,Shetty MA,Pavan MR,Kariappa A,Mahabala C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most snakebite victims in low- and middle-income countries continue to seek many forms of first aid therapy before reaching hospital, the commonest being the application of a tourniquet. Our study looked at a prospective cohort of 382 such patients to ascertain the association of pre-hospital care with clinical outcom...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Singaravelu KP,Pandit VR,Chinnakali P,Bammigatti C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The international standard decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) for emergency Caesarean sections (CSs) is ≤ 30 minutes but there is little evidence to support this recommendation. The aim of this study was to evaluate DDI for emergency CS and its relationship to perinatal outcome. We undertook a prospective observation...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Singh R,Deo S,Pradeep Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental needlestick injuries sustained by health-care workers are a common occupational hazard and a public health issue in health-care settings. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted and 30.9% of health-care workers had experienced at least one needlestick injury in the previous year. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Tadesse M,Tadesse T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00