Tropical leg ulcers in children: more than yaws.

abstract：:Iron deficiency, the commonest cause of anaemia in children, is a global public health problem. Worldwide, almost 50% of children <5 years of age are anaemic. Platelet count in iron deficiency anaemia is mostly normal or high; thrombocytopenia is rare. We describe two children with iron deficiency anaemia and severe t...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Mohammad F,Sridhar M,Samprathi M,Vemgal P

更新日期：2021-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Camels use their teeth to bite, lift and throw their enemies, their feet to kick, paw or trample over, their whole body to knock over, press and squeeze, and their spit or regurgitated food to cover their perceived adversaries. Camel injuries can be very serious, resulting in fractures and severe lacerations of skin, ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Tahzib F

更新日期：1984-10-01 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

abstract：:The complications which may occur after existing haemorrhoidectomy procedures are enumerated. A new cost-effective operative procedure which requires minimal facilities and entails anal dilatation with simple transfixion-ligation of all primary and secondary haemorrhoids in one operating session is described. The preo...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Aina AO,Omo-Dare P

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1971 the maternity care delivery system in Salisbury, Zimbabwe was reorganized. Prior to that time, all maternity services were provided by the Harare Maternity Hospital but the facility was not able to adequately meet the needs of the community. In 1970 the problem was studied and a design for a new system was a...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Frost O

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading casues of morbidity and death in a number of countries worldwide. A healthy 42-year-old patient presented with a chronic palatal ulcer that was not responsive to routine antibiotic treatment. A biopsy and further systemic investigation revealed a diagnosis of TB. An eight-month ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Peck MT,Stephen LX,Marnewick J,Majeed A

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:We describe a case of tracheobronchial inhalation of a bead by a five-year-old girl in Djibouti. The bead was extracted using a Fogarty balloon catheter passed through the rigid bronchoscope without complication. This kind of accident is not exceptional and we discuss the management of such cases with limited diagnost...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Landy C,Massoure PL,Gauthier J,Eve O,Kaiser E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary small bowel volvulus is the commonest cause of intestinal obstruction in the Gorkha district of Nepal resulting in laparotomy. Yet, this problem is mentioned only briefly, if at all, in many standard textbooks of surgery. This paper presents details of the presentation, clinical findings, and surgical manageme...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Parkes G

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a 1-year follow up of children discharged from a nutritional rehabilitation centre (NRC) in eastern Nepal are presented. One hundred and one children were visited at home on discharge from the NRC, at 6 months and 1 year later. Data were collected concurrently on one sibling and two neighbouring childre...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： O'Dwyer M,Gillam SJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data are available on the stroke subtypes in Tanzania and sub-Saharan Africa. The present study was aimed at determining retrospectively the pattern of confirmed strokes in all patients in our hospital who had been given a computerized tomography (CT) brain scan during the study period (April 2001 to May 2002)...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Matuja W,Janabi M,Kazema R,Mashuke D

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:How traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in post-war Sierra Leone explain, handle and prevent postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and their potential role in a better management of PPH to reduce maternal mortality in this low resource setting. METHODS:Semi-quantitative interviews about knowledge and measures in PPH...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Bräuer MD,Antón J,George PM,Kuntner L,Wacker J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lichen planus is a papulosquamous disorder with distinctive clinical features. Until now the aetiology has been largely unknown, however, several postulations have been proposed. The immunopathogenic basis has been most favoured. We report a case of a 13-year-old girl who presented with Lichen planus after receiving t...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Daramola OO,Ogunbiyi AO,George AO

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The length of delay in seeing a physician was related to perceived difficulty in access to services and to scepticism and doubt about the effectiveness of medical care. Attention is called to the importance of the doctor-patient relationship in fostering prompt patient action. :This study was conducted on the Brazili...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Paine P,Wright Mda G

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy remains an important public health and social issue in South Asia, particularly in India. Its presence in childhood is an immense social burden because of the associated disabilities and widely prevalent misconceptions regarding communicability and treatment potential. The prevalence of leprosy among children ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Sachdeva S,Amin SS,Khan Z,Sharma PK,Bansal S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connective tissue diseases and infections are amongst the causes for organising pneumonia. However, organising pneumonia preceding other connective tissue disease manifestations is rare. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rarely associated with organising pneumonia. We report such a case. A 50-year-old diabetic male, a roa...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Pratap U,Ravindrachari M,RamyaPriya A,Toi PC,Manju R

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In low-income countries, where surgical expertise and resources are limited, displaced supracondylar fractures of the distal humerus are routinely managed with traction or closed reduction and casting. This is in contrast to high-income nations, where percutaneous K-wire fixation forms the mainstay of treatment. The a...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Yeomans D,Graham SM,Mkandawire NC,Harrison WJ,Perry DC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheostomy can prevent many deaths in otherwise fatal airway diseases and problems but has numerous complications that are mostly avoidable if the procedure is carefully performed together with strict postoperative management. This is a retrospective review of tracheostomy complications over a 10 year period (1991-2...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Onakoya PA,Nwaorgu OG,Adebusoye LA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic female sterilization is widely practiced and is very safe. However, mesosalpingeal tears and mesosalpingeal haematomas are common complications especially when performed by an inexperienced surgeon. It was found that the observation of a simple 'prong sign' could prevent these complications and possibly r...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Puri M,Pasrija S,Trivedi SS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local prevalences of individual diseases influence the prioritization of the differential diagnoses of a clinical syndrome of acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AFI). This study was conducted in order to delineate the aetiology of AFI that present to a tertiary hospital in southern India and to describe disease-s...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Chrispal A,Boorugu H,Gopinath KG,Chandy S,Prakash JA,Thomas EM,Abraham AM,Abraham OC,Thomas K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaemia in infancy is a very common clinical problem in the tropics and will continue to be common while infectious disease and poor nutrition prevail. In the diagnosis of anaemia in a child the clinician must expect a number of factors to be involved. On the basis of clinical features it is possible to arrive at a wo...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Wright SG

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Tanzania, rural medical aides (RMA), mother and child health aides (MCHA) and health auxiliaries (HA) care for mothers of childbearing age and children under age 5. This paper presents data obtained at 2 district seminars on mother and child health held in June 1981 and June 1983 at which knowledge and skills of M...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： van Roosmalen J,van Roosmalen-Wiebenga MW

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of HIV-1 infection on the survival of patients with haematological cancers in Yaoundeé, Cameroon, was examined. The prevalence of HIV-1 was 26.2% among 172 patients, predominantly lymphoid malignancies. At the time of analysis, 75% of patients had died giving an incidence rate of 0.05 deaths per year and a ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Mbanya DN,Minkoulou EM,Fezeu L,Kaptue L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report what we believe is the first case in Gujarat of melioidosis in a 67-year-old man. Awareness of this disease is limited, especially in areas supposed not to be endemic. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Savaj P,Shaw T,Munim FC,Mukhopadhyay C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On April 27, 1982 the Ministry of Health of the government of Bangladesh, set up an 8-man expert committee to evaluate all the registered pharmaceutical products presently available, and to formulate a draft National Drug Policy. Objectives are: 1) to provide support for ensuring quality and availability of drugs; 2...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Islam N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous chrysosporium infection is extremely rare and underdiagnosed. We present an immunocompromised patient who presented with recurrent cutaneous abscesses. Histopathology of the abscess showed thick-walled conidia and septate fungal hyphae within the subcutis and fungal culture grew Chrysosporium species. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Dincy PC,Meera T,Susanne PA,Promila RM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of opportunistic infections in HIV-seropositive patients at Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore. Three hundred and seven HIV-positive patients were screened for various opportunistic pathogens. Tuberculosis was the most common infection followed by candidiasis...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Saldanha D,Gupta N,Shenoy S,Saralaya V

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHL) is a fulminant inflammatory disease of cerebral white matter, characterised by demyelination and haemorrhagic necrosis. The outcome is usually fatal with only few survivors. An unusual presentation of a 44-year-old South Indian farmer who developed AHL following a snake bite ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Prabhakar AT,Kamanahalli R,Sivadasan A,Joseph E,Viggeswarpu S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 60% of births in the Mseleni area of South Africa's Kwa Zulu province were home deliveries in 1984. Home deliveries in the area are generally attended by members of the pregnant woman's family. If difficulties are encountered during labor, the family will call upon a midwife, or Traditional Birth Atten...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Jepson AP,MacDonald LD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate models of nursing and nursing education based on the western medical model and medical education impede the development of adequate national health service and primary health services. Nurses are an untapped resource for primary health care (PHC) along with non-nurse PHC workers. They have the potenti...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Hammond M,Mazibuko R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00