Articles

G Bajaj, N K Karn, B P Shrestha, P Kumar, and Mahi Pal Singh

A randomised controlled trial comparing eusol and sugar as dressing agents in the treatment of traumatic wounds
Trop Doct 39(1): 1—3; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080322 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geoffrey V Gill, Atakilt Gebrekidan, Patrick J English, and Solomon Tesfaye

Improving glycaemic control in African diabetic patients on insulin: a resource-free approach
Trop Doct 39(1): 3—5; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080032 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K Bowa, C Wood, A Chao, C Chintu, V Mudenda, and M Chikwenya

A review of the epidemiology of cancers at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
Trop Doct 39(1): 5—7; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D O Irabor and A E Dongo

Anal carcinoma in a tropical low socio-economic population in the new millennium: what has changed?
Trop Doct 39(1): 7—9; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E Nkwabong and J N Fomulu

Adolescent pregnancies and deliveries: problems encountered
Trop Doct 39(1): 9—11; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080047 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iqbal Saleem Mir, Mir Mohsin, Omar Kirmani, Bashir A Cheachek, Intikhab Alam, and Mumtazuddin Wani

Is laparoscospic orchidectomy the treatment of choice in adults with impalpable testis in rural hospitals in the developing world?
Trop Doct 39(1): 12—15; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Herman Kazibwe and Patricia Struthers

Barriers experienced by parents of children with clubfoot deformity attending specialised clinics in Uganda
Trop Doct 39(1): 15—18; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C P Baveja, Vidyanidhi Gumma, Manisha Jain, Monica Choudhary, B Talukdar, and V K Sharma

Newer methods over the conventional diagnostic tests for tuberculous meningitis: do they really help?
Trop Doct 39(1): 18—20; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

S Chiwenga, Henry Dowlen, and Steve Mannion

Audit of the use of sugar dressings for the control of wound odour at Lilongwe Central Hospital, Malawi
Trop Doct 39(1): 20—22; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods and Devices

Marko Kerac, Andrew Seal, Hannah Blencowe, and James Bunn

Improved assessment of child nutritional status using target weights and a novel, low-cost, weight-for-height slide chart
Trop Doct 39(1): 23—26; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Short Reports

Sumit Mittal, Ajit Saxena, and Pankaj Garg

Unusual presentations of Salmonella Typhi infections in children
Trop Doct 39(1): 27—28; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070449 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Varsha Gupta, Jaspal Kaur, and Neelam Kaistha

Re-emerging chloramphenicol sensitivity and emerging low level ciprofloxacin resistance among Salmonella enterica serotype typhi isolates in North India
Trop Doct 39(1): 28—30; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070452 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Uma Handa, Sukant Garg, and Harsh Mohan

Fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of abdominal TB: a review of 92 cases
Trop Doct 39(1): 30—32; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070477 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Simon D Makombe, Amon Nkhata, Erik J Schouten, Kelita Kamoto, and Anthony D Harries

Burden of cryptococcal meningitis in Malawi
Trop Doct 39(1): 32—34; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose Manuel Ramos, Eduardo Malmierca, Francisco Reyes, and Abraham Tesfamariam

Louse-borne relapsing fever in Ethiopian children: experience of a rural hospital
Trop Doct 39(1): 34—36; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Howard Sobel, Joyce Ducusin, Maricel De Quiroz, Myrna Cabotaje, and Jean-Marc Olivé

The Philippines 2004 measles campaign: a success story towards elimination
Trop Doct 39(1): 36—38; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070444 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Frances O A Ajose and Olumuyiwa O Odusanya

Survival from adult tetanus in Lagos, Nigeria
Trop Doct 39(1): 39—40; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Josiana Gouveia, Edvaldo Souza, and Ana Falbo

Late-stage HIV/AIDS among children: the missing diagnosis of a preventable disease
Trop Doct 39(1): 41—42; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ebby G Simon, A J Joseph, Biju George, Uday G Zachariah, R Jeyamani, C E Eapen, George Chandy, B S Ramakrishna, George Kurian, and Ashok Chacko

Aetiology of paediatric portal hypertension – experience of a tertiary care centre in South India
Trop Doct 39(1): 42—44; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Matthias Schaffert, and Erich Schmutzhard

The pattern of epilepsy in a rural African hospital – an approach adapted to local circumstances
Trop Doct 39(1): 44—47; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Case Series and Case Reports

Gopal Basu, Viggeswarpu Surekha, and Alka Ganesh

Disseminated Cysticercosis
Trop Doct 39(1): 48—49; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070492 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jonas S Suganthan, Anto P Rajkumar, C Jagannath, Susanne A Pulimood, and K S Jacob

Delusional parasitosis over dermatological morbidity: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
Trop Doct 39(1): 49—50; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anugrah Chrispal, T Prabhakar, and Hari Kishan Booruga

A bizarre appearance of a common disease, tuberculous dactylitis, involving multiple digits in an adult
Trop Doct 39(1): 51—52; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Fabrice Petitjeans, Jean Turc, Olivier Coulet, Marc Puidupin, Olivier Eve, and Alain Benois

The use of boluses of propofol for the management of severe tetanus in a child
Trop Doct 39(1): 52—53; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080236 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Salih Hosoglu, Cemal Ustun, and Mehmet Faruk Geyik

The efficacy of dexamethasone treatment in massive enteric bleeding in typhoid fever
Trop Doct 39(1): 53—54; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070440 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohammad Salman Mirza, Khalifa Al-Wahibi, Shafiq Baloch, and Hani Al-Qadhi

Rectal bezoars due to pumpkin seeds
Trop Doct 39(1): 54—55; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Abdul Alvi and Ghina Shamsi

Retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis – when a simple procedure turns ugly
Trop Doct 39(1): 55—57; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

J A Chandra, F Zahra, and S Qureshi

Conservative management of subacute puerperal inversion of uterus
Trop Doct 39(1): 57—58; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Letter

Bhaswati Bandyopadhyay, N Pramanik, Rajyasree De, D Mukherjee, H Mukherjee, D K Neogi, and A K Hati

Chikungunya in West Bengal, India
Trop Doct 39(1): 59—60; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence

Humphrey Okechi Chica and Emmy Okello

Evidence-based medicine practice in Africa: is it feasible?
Trop Doct 39(1): 61—62; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070378 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bissallah Ekele

Skilled attendance at delivery: who or where?
Trop Doct 39(1): 61; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070459 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J Kivukuto-Mutendela, T Kuhigwa, and A Bulabula

What's it in this picture?
Trop Doct 39(1): 62—63; doi:10.1258/td.2008.070456 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Amita Mukhopadhyay and Ritam Chowdhury

The eunuch patient
Trop Doct 39(1): 63—64; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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