Drug treatment costs: projected impact of using the integrated management of childhood illnesses.

abstract：:1. In three articles, inguinal, femoral, and ventral herniae have been discussed, one of the aims being to draw the attention of those who are new to surgery in the tropics to some of the things the author thought were peculiar to these herniae. Experiences in the 1,100-bed Korle Bu Hospital, Accra, where a retrospect...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Wosornu L

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of HIV infection in blood donors or populations is usually by testing sera for antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2. Screening tests are now highly sensitive and specific, but still expensive and scarce in Africa. We tested the commercially available kits 'HIVCHEK 1 + 2' in two field laboratories, on specimens from...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Wannan GJ,Cranefield MJ,Cutting WA,Fischer PR,Hargreaves FD,Inglis JM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucormycosis is generally considered to be an acute, rapidly progressing, opportunistic fungal infection. Chronic manifestations are extremely rare. Mucormycosis affecting the jejunum is very rare and few cases have been reported. We report a case of mucormycosis causing jejunal stricture in an infant aged six months....

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Budhiraja R,Bhargava S,Sood N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An atypical presentation of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis is reported to highlight the importance of suspecting dermatosis in patients from areas endemic for kala-azar. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ramesh V,Kumar J,Salotra P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of expanded dengue syndrome, where three uncommon presentations occurred concomitantly. A patient with dengue haemorrhagic fever presented initially with acute acalculous cholecystitis along with acute pancreatitis, but later on, during resolution of pancreatitis and cholecystitis, developed pancytope...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Anam AM,Rabbani R,Shumy F

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing access to professional care during labour and delivery is the central strategy in Nepal's commitment to reducing its maternal mortality ratio. This paper outlines a number of complementary interventions used by the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project to address the negative attitudes prevalent among service prov...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Clapham S,Pokharel D,Bird C,Basnett I

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrub typhus is an emerging infectious disease in India. Among its protean clinical manifestations, central nervous system involvement is common. In this prospective observational study, altered sensorium, headache, seizures and aseptic meningitis were found to be common central nervous system manifestations. Prompt t...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

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

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,4-D (2,4-dichlorphenoxyacetic acid) is a chlorphenoxy group pesticide. Its relative safety and broad leaf selectivity makes it a favourite herbicide of many home gardeners and agricultural workers. Severe systemic toxicity requiring hospital admission and intensive care usually occurs following intentional oral inge...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Pannu AK,Saroch A,Agrawal J,Sharma N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a prospective and descriptive study about childhood acute poisoning with kerosene in Djibouti. Acute poisoning is a common and stable occurrence in low socioeconomic groups in Africa, where negligence is the main cause of poisoning. The respiratory system was the main target, with 41% of patients having pneu...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Benois A,Petitjeans F,Raynaud L,Dardare E,Sergent H

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a great mimic of many diseases and may present a dilemma in diagnosis. Sebaceous cyst is the commonest swelling that occurs in the scrotal skin. We present a 23-year-old patient who presented with a painful hard scrotal skin nodule, clinically diagnosed to be an infected calcified sebaceous cyst, ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Joseph J,Menon A,Ramanathan R,Misra D,Rodrigues G

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the extent of Togolese users' knowledge of the health risks associated with the regular use of bleaching agents. A massive underestimation of some of the main risks was discovered. The more frequent the use of bleaching agents, the higher the underestimation. ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kpanake L,Sastre MT,Sorum PC,Mullet E

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Extra-amniotic prostaglandin F2alpha (PG F2alpha) is probably the most widely used medical method for mid-trimester termination of pregnancy. The method is highly effective but is financially costly, particularly for poor countries faced with restricted health budgets. The aim of this study was to establish whether mi...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Munthali J,Moodley J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'test and treat' policy is the recommended way to eradicate Helicobacter pylori in young patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia if the prevalence of H. pylori is high. India is considered to have a high prevalence of H. pylori. This observational study was conducted in order to discover the prevalence of H. pylori...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kashyap B,Kaur IR,Garg PK,Das D,Goel S

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:Non-communicable disease conditions such as the metabolic syndrome further strain the already insufficient health resources in Africa, where communicable diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS are still causing significant morbidity and mortality. We studied the frequency and determinants of the syndrome in apparently ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Wahab KW,Sani M,Gbadamosi M,Yandutse M

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：: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：:Non-typhoidal salmonella (NTS) infections are severe, invasive and recurrent in the HIV-infected adult, and NTS are the commonest cause of hospital admission with bacteraemia in sub-Saharan Africa. NTS bacteraemia typically presents in patients with HIV/AIDS once the CD4 count falls below 200 cells/microL. In-patient ...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kankwatira AM,Mwafulirwa GA,Gordon MA

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Clinical observation shows that most of the patients with pleural effusion of undetermined aetiology in a Nigerian teaching hospital receive antiTB drug trials. This observation prompted the authors to evaluate the role of percutaneous needle pleural biopsy as a diagnostic tool in effusions of uncertain aetiology. Thi...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Ezemba N,Eze JC,Anyanwu CH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 921 women examined, 112, or 12.1%, were identified as having gonorrhoea by positive culture; 25.6% of 78 strains isolated from the women were resistant to penicillin at 0.10 mug/ml level and 14.1% resistant at the 0.50 mug/ml level as determined by an agar dilution MIC test. Our results were compatible with a simil...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Zirak-Zadah T,Delavarian H,Bahavar MA,Majidi V,Yaminifar R,Masoumi P

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tularaemia has become a public health threat in Turkey. Our aim was to examine the epidemiological characteristics of 154 tularaemia cases reported from Kayseri, Central Anatolia, between 2010 and 2017. Clinical diagnosis was confirmed by micro-agglutination test (≥1/160 titres). Most patients (56.5%) were residing in...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Borlu A,Benli AR,Doganay M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adi Quala is an Eritrean agricultural town of 14,000 people, and is situated about 70 km south of the capital, Asmara and 30 km from the border with Tigray, Ethiopia. On good days electricity was received from Asmara between 0600 h and 2300 h with nothing available outside these hours. These conditions meant the elect...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Allen P,Welstead J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectopic pregnancy still remains a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in the first trimester of pregnancy and also a significant cause of reproductive failure in Nigeria. A descriptive review of 211 consecutive cases of ectopic gestation over an 11-year period was undertaken. Ectopic pregnancy constitute...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Igberase GO,Ebeigbe PN,Igbekoyi OF,Ajufoh BI

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:In a population-based study of podoconiosis in two resettlement schemes in western Ethiopia, we found that 5% of 194 settlers and 9% of 222 indigenous people were affected. Prevalence rates were generally higher in males than females and increased with age, indicating sex differences in occupationally linked trauma to...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Kloos H,Bedri Kello A,Addus A

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental aspiration of kerosene is a common problem among children in developing countries. This descriptive study involved the retrospective analysis of children admitted with kerosene aspiration in a tertiary care hospital in South India for a year. Kerosene aspiration contributed to 60.4% of poisoning cases. Boys...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Venkatesh C,Sriram P,Adhisivam B,Mahadevan S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malnutrition continues to be a major killer of children, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries such as India. An ecological study was undertaken to correlate different demographic factors with the prevalence of underweight children. Based on findings from the National Family Health Survey 4 (2015-2016), 81...

journal_title：Tropical doctor

authors： Pratim Roy M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00