Professor Eldryd Parry Chairman, Tropical Doctor Editorial Board (1986-2008)

Malcolm Molyneux

Professor Eldryd Parry Chairman, Tropical Doctor Editorial Board (1986–2008)
Trop Doct 38(2): 69; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080108 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Review

Manisha Jain, Sumit Rai, and Anita Chakravarti

Chikungunya: a review
Trop Doct 38(2): 70-72; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Articles

A D Ekanem, M U Anah, and J J Udo

The prevalence of congenital malaria among neonates with suspected sepsis in Calabar, Nigeria
Trop Doct 38(2): 73-76; doi:10.1258/td.2007.005274 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Okechukwu Emmanuel Nwankwo

Causes of gas gangrene seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
Trop Doct 38(2): 76-78; doi:10.1258/td.2007.005194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M U Rasheed and Tsegaye Dechu

An overnight sedimentation method: improving the diagnosis of tuberculosis when electrical centrifuge is not available
Trop Doct 38(2): 78-79; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S K Jain, M Jayant, and C Norbu

The role of antibiotic prophylaxis in mesh repair of primary inguinal hernias using prolene hernia system: a randomized prospective double-blind control trial
Trop Doct 38(2): 80-82; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A S Kerketta, S S S Mohapatra, and S K Kar

Assessment of the therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a tribal block of the Kalahandi district of Orissa, India
Trop Doct 38(2): 82-84; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lydia R Airede and Daniel C Nnadi

The use of the condom-catheter for the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage – the Sokoto experience
Trop Doct 38(2): 84-86; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hassan Saidi, Paul Odula, and Kirsten Awori

Child maltreatment at a violence recovery centre in Kenya
Trop Doct 38(2): 87-89; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K Vidyalakshmi, R Yashavanth, M Chakrapani, B Shrikala, B Bharathi, U Suchitra, B Dhanashree, and R M S Dominic

Epidemiological shift, seasonal variation and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among enteric fever pathogens in south India
Trop Doct 38(2): 89-91; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A Cetin Tanrikulu, Salih Hosoglu, Tuncer Ozekinci, Abdurrahman Abakay, and Fuat Gurkan

Risk factors for drug resistant tuberculosis in southeast Turkey
Trop Doct 38(2): 91-93; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070131 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R Martinez, R Vivancos, B Visschers, L Namatovu, E Nyangoma, and J Walley

Training needs, practices and barriers in the work of community reproductive health workers in Masindi district, Uganda
Trop Doct 38(2): 93-95; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods and Devices

Manju Jayaram, Pankaj Kumar, Guru Prasad Khanal, M P Singh, Girish Kumar Singh, Navin Kumar Karn, and Aman Shrestha

Improvised cost-effective halo vest brace using a recycled Ilizarov ring and a threaded rod
Trop Doct 38(2): 96-97; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jessica N Ricaldi and Humberto Guerra

A simple and improved method for diagnosis of tuberculosis using hypertonic saline and sodium hydroxide to concentrate and decontaminate sputum
Trop Doct 38(2): 97-99; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Manju Puri, Shikha Pasrija, and S S Trivedi

Prong sign: a simple measure to enhance safety of laparoscopic sterilization
Trop Doct 38(2): 99; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Naveen Malhotra and Anil Jangra

A simple and cheap alternative to spring loaded syringe for the identification of epidural space
Trop Doct 38(2): 100; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Short Reports

K Rajeshwari and S Gogia

The clinical spectrum of chronic liver disease in children presenting to a tertiary level teaching hospital in New Delhi
Trop Doct 38(2): 101-102; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J Gnanaraj and Jessie Lionel

Endometrial resection/vaporization: a patient-friendly first-option treatment for menorrhagia in rural areas
Trop Doct 38(2): 103-104; doi:10.1258/td.2008.060115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose Manuel Ramos, Francisco Reyes, and Abraham Tesfamariam

Tetanus in a rural Ethiopian hospital
Trop Doct 38(2): 104-105; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K Rajeshwari, Ashish Gupta, A P Dubey, Beena Uppal, and M M Singh

Diarrhoeal outbreak of Vibrio cholerae 01 Inaba in Delhi
Trop Doct 38(2): 105-107; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epco Hasker, Maksad Khodjikhanov, Shakhnoza Usarova, Umida Yuldasheva, Gulnoza Uzakova, and Jaap Veen

Health-care seeking behaviour for TB symptoms in two provinces of Uzbekistan
Trop Doct 38(2): 107-109; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S M Razali

Drug substitution therapy: a new approach in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Malaysia
Trop Doct 38(2): 109-110; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sebhat Erqou, Yenew Kebede, and Andargachew Mulu

Increased resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates to antimicrobial drugs, at a referral hospital in north-west Ethiopia
Trop Doct 38(2): 110-112; doi:10.1258/td.2007.006190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Idil Yenicesu, Günter Dilsiz, and Gülyüz Öztürk

Reduction of hepatitis B seroprevalence in blood banking units by combined utilization of self-exclusion forms and clinical evaluation of blood donation candidates in Turkey
Trop Doct 38(2): 112-113; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060187 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph H Blanke, Godson B Naisabha, Mussa B Balema, Godfrey M Mbaruku, Lutz Heide, and Markus S Müller

Herba Artemisiae annuae tea preparation compared to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in adults: a randomized double-blind clinical trial
Trop Doct 38(2): 113-116; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Michael Jon Westerhaus and Yoti Zabulon

Of ‘microbes’ and ‘millet’: the practice of tea tea in northern Uganda
Trop Doct 38(2): 116-118; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Murilo Carlos Amorim de Britto, Silvia Maria Mendes da Conceicao Silvestre, Maria do Carmo Menezes Duarte, and Patricia Gomes de Matos Bezerra

Clinical profile of pleural empyema and associated factors with prolonged hospitalization in paediatric tertiary centre in Angola, Luanda
Trop Doct 38(2): 118-120; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S Misra, N Misra, and B Reddy

External ophthalmomyiasis by oestrus ovis: an unknown endemic eye disease in rural parts of central India
Trop Doct 38(2): 120-122; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070017 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jeroen van Dillen, Eline van Beijeren, and Jos van Roosmalen

Perinatal outcome of primiparous teenagers in northern Namibia
Trop Doct 38(2): 122-125; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

W Stein, I Katunda, and C Butoto

A two-level ultrasonographic service in a maternity care unit of a rural district hospital in Tanzania
Trop Doct 38(2): 125-126; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M U Anah, J J Udo, S O Ochigbo, and L N Abia-Bassey

Neonatal septicaemia in Calabar, Nigeria
Trop Doct 38(2): 126-128; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Series and Case Reports

Levent Doganci, Esra Tanyel, Hakki Basibuyuk, and Ozge Darka

A fatal case of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
Trop Doct 38(2): 129-131; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Book Review

Colin Sutherland

Trop Doct 38(2): 132; doi:10.1258/td.2007.070204 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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