Tropical Doctor

Papers
(The TQCC of Tropical Doctor is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
COVID-19 and orthopaedic surgeons: the Indian scenario49
Barriers to training in laparoscopic surgery in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review26
COVID-19 and dengue: a deadly duo24
COVID-19: clinical or laboratory diagnosis? A matter of debate18
Aetiology of pyrexia of unknown origin in north India17
Workplace violence towards resident doctors in Indian teaching hospitals: A quantitative survey8
Contact tracing: a lesson from the Nipah virus in the time of COVID-198
The epidemiology and clinical spectrum of infections of the central nervous system in adults in north India8
Impact of point-of-care ultrasound on the diagnosis and treatment of patients in rural Uganda7
Quantification of chronic diseases presenting in the Emergency Department and their disposition outcomes: A hospital-based cross-sectional study in north India7
Aetiology of acute diarrhoea and antimicrobial usage among children aged under five years at health centres in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia6
Pneumoperitoneum from pneumomediastinum in paraquat poisoning6
Status of human toxocariasis, a neglected parasitic zoonosis in Iran: a systematic review from past to current6
Rare association of consumptive coagulopathy in visceral leishmaniasis: A case report6
Clinical outcome of severe sepsis and septic shock in critically ill children5
Leptospirosis prevalence and risk factors in India: Evidence gap maps5
Association of arsenic with recurrence of urinary bladder cancer5
Roadmap for clinical research in resource-constrained settings5
Bloodstream infections and antibiotic sensitivity pattern in intensive care unit5
Acquired auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder after malaria treated with quinine5
Early cardiovascular involvement in dengue fever: A prospective study with two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography5
The Mosquirix (RTS.S) malaria vaccine5
Cardiovascular and stroke disease risk among doctors: a cross-sectional study5
Low serum potassium among patients with COVID-19 in Bangkok, Thailand: Coincidence or clinically relevant?5
Covid-19 and leptospirosis: Cytokine storm and the use of steroids5
The 2021 Zika outbreak in Uttar Pradesh state of India: Tackling the emerging public health threat5
An unusual cause for rib osteomyelitis in the tropics: Cryptococcal osteomyelitis4
Isolated pancreatic and peripancreatic nodal tuberculosis: A single-centre experience4
Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Diabetic Ketoacidosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic in North India4
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with hypothyroidism presenting at a rural tertiary care centre in north India4
Neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma: Our 20-year experience from a tertiary care centre in North India4
Evidence of sexual transfer of mycobacteria from male to female partners reporting to an IVF clinic4
Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus among blood donors in eastern Algeria4
Nutritional status and morbidity profile of children with leprosy contact in a rural community4
Trauma surgery via distance mentoring: A model inspired by the 2020 pandemic4
Utility of anthropometric indicators in predicting osteoporosis in ambulant community dwelling rural postmenopausal women from southern India4
Neurological complications during treatment of liver abscess: think of metronidazole toxicity4
Wernicke’s encephalopathy in women with hyperemesis gravidarum – Case series and literature review4
A call for glocal guidelines for global health4
Large wooden orbital foreign body: case report and literature review4
Subacute thyroiditis complicating dengue fever – Case report and brief review of literature4
Diagnostic value of monocyte-lymphocyte ratio and red cell distribution width- lymphocyte ratio against other biomarkers in children with acute appendicitis, cross-sectional study4
Ralstonia mannitolilytica sepsis in neonatal intensive care unit – Be(a)ware of the multidrug resistant nosocomial bug4
Pre-hospital care and its association with clinical outcome of snakebite victims presenting at a tertiary care referral hospital in South India4
COVID-19 and/with dengue infection: A curse in an overburdened healthcare system4
Placenta accreta spectrum: Management and outcomes in a tertiary centre in India: An observational cross-sectional study3
Microbiological profile of chronic osteomyelitis with special reference to anaerobic osteomyelitis in a tertiary care hospital of coastal Karnataka3
Predictors of prolonged hospitalisation and mortality among children admitted with blackwater fever in eastern Uganda3
Prevalence and antibiogram of non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli in blood stream infections: Study in a tertiary care centre, Western Uttar Pradesh, India3
Clinical and microbial spectrum of community-acquired pneumonia in children of north India3
Clinical profile and predictors of severity in paediatric scrub typhus with pulmonary involvement3
Environment and psychosocial factors are more important than clinical factors in determining quality of life of HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy3
The concomitant viral epidemics of Rift Valley fever and COVID-19: A lethal combination for Kenya3
A comparison of COVID-19 secondary attack rate in household and close contacts compared to current risk stratification guidelines of the Kerala government3
Prevalence of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and the antifungal drug resistance of Aspergillusspp. in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Uzbekistan3
COVID-19 lethality in non-elderly individuals in cities with different Human Development Index3
Scrub typhus-related hepatotoxicity: The Indian scenario3
Bacterial sepsis in dengue fever – A paediatric perspective3
A case of glomerulonephritis caused by brucellosis3
Differences in treatment strategies in the management of acute appendicitis in a county hospital in Guatemala and an academic teaching institution in the United States3
Evaluation of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in predicting the prognosis of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever3
Prevalence of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci among Egyptian patients after surgical interventions3
Indication-specific pricing of drugs: a utopian idea, a pragmatic proposition or unrealistic in economically constrained settings?3
Barriers and challenges in providing standard breast cancer care in low resource settings3
Reverse innovation in health: Good but not good enough to be standard of care?3
Cardiogenic shock with first-degree heart block in a patient with glyphosate-surfactant poisoning3
‘BOMBILE’ – Newest enemy to our sight? – A case series3
Cavitary lung disease in hospitalized patients: Differences between melioidosis and tuberculosis3
Epidemiology of the cnidarian Pelagia noctiluca stings on Moroccan Mediterranean beaches2
Retained biliary plastic stents – lest we forget2
Pregnant woman from southern Peru with rabies infection who delivered a healthy baby2
Transvaginal laparoscopic appendectomy using innovative submucosal tunnels: a conducive modification for improving hybrid NOTES access and its critical appraisal2
Splenectomy in Jamaican children with sickle cell disease: Outcome of selective blood transfusion2
Kawasaki Disease with Peripheral and Facial Gangrene: A Case report and review of literature2
Neonatal ventriculitis: a case series and review of literature2
Intravenous pamidronate for treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta in Indian children2
Retrospective study on imported schistosomiasis in Morocco between 2005 and 20172
Harnessing artificial intelligence in the post-COVID-19 era: A global health imperative2
Melioidosis: distinctive clinico-epidemiological characteristics in southern India2
Assessment of postoperative pain management practices in Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Senegal: A multi-national survey2
Going together: ethical considerations for trainees in global surgery2
SARS-CoV-2 infection, pulse oximetry, and interpretive caveats2
Prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated factors among children from child centres in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia2
Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome – An often missed diagnosis2
Ascites: an unusual presentation of eosinophilic gastroenteritis in a child2
Awareness of personal height and weight among community-dwelling people in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea2
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: a rare cause of acute cortical visual impairment in an adult2
Clinical profile of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection: cases from a tertiary hospital in north India2
Cavity in pulmonary mucormycosis: Is it rare?2
Mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Odisha, India: A step towards achieving SDG-32
Unilateral hypopyon associated acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis: Unusual presentation leading to HIV diagnosis2
Severe copper sulphate poisoning: A case rescued with plasmapheresis2
Clinical spectrum, aetiology and predictors of acute febrile encephalopathy at a tertiary hospital in south India – A prospective observational study2
Clinical profile and predictors of mortality among the referred neonates at a tertiary care centre in north India: a prospective observational study2
Pyrexia of unknown origin in HIV-negative adults from Himachal Pradesh (India): will you suspect disseminated histoplasmosis?2
Prevalence of past hepatitis A infection among Crohn’s patients and controls – An examination of the ‘hygiene hypothesis’, and the need for hepatitis A vaccination2
Outcome of lymph node tuberculosis management with conventional treatment with and without prednisolone2
Arteriovenous supercharging: A novel approach to improve reliability of the distally based sural flap2
Preliminary report of sexual assaults at Ekiti Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Ado-Ekiti, Southwest, Nigeria (Moremi Clinic)2
Low-cost solutions incorporated in a standard surgical pathway for early breast cancer: A pilot study2
Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine vaginal cleansing in reducing post-caesarean endometritis at two tertiary hospitals in Enugu, Nigeria: A randomized controlled trial2
Varicella vaccination in India's universal immunisation program –is it time?2
Chest sonography versus chest radiograph in children admitted to paediatric intensive care – A prospective study2
Imaging features of Robert’s uterus: Case series of a rare Mullerian duct anomaly2
Epidural blood patch for spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH): a report of two cases2
Orbital Aspergillosis, a great masquerader: a series of three unusual cases and a review of the literature2
Living with a hernia: A qualitative study of patient experience of abdominal wall hernias in Ndola, Zambia2
Melioidosis in Gujarat: a neglected tropical disease2
Vehicular hyperthermia deaths in Indian children: a little recognised mode of fatal injury2
Polymicrobial growth in standard urine culture: Time to Act or Ignore?2
Microbiological profile and antibiotic resistance pattern of empyema thoracis in Calabar, Nigeria2
Exploring the Skin Mycobiome in Very Preterm babies during the early neonatal period in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of India2
Neonatal Chikungunya: A case series2
Adult ocular leech infestation2
Prevalence and determinants of oral potentially malignant lesions using mobile health in a rural block, northeast India2
Insulin Resistance in children on Sodium Valproate – A hospital based cross-sectional study in Indian children2
Will trust survive the COVID pandemic?2
Time to abandon the old dictum of delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy after acute cholecystitis has settled in Caribbean practice2
Human anthrax in Turkey: A ten years’ experience (2009–2018)2
Associations of day of week and time of day of ICU admission with hospital mortality in Malawi2
Chagas disease in children from the Gran Chaco region: A bibliographic appraisal2
Collateral effect of COVID-19 on public health in low-resource countries2
Femoral shaft fracture following oil massage in neonates: a single-centre experience2
HIV is an emerging health challenge in Pakistan: risk factors and management strategies2
Response to oxygen therapy using oxygen concentrators run off solar power in children with respiratory distress in remote primary health facilities in Papua New Guinea2
Minding the Ps and Qs in global surgery outreach programmes2
An uncommon variant of erythema nodosum leprosum responding well to methotrexate: Report of two cases2
Miltefosine-related paracentral ulcerative keratolysis in a patient with active cutaneous leishmaniasis from Nepal2
Clinical profile and outcome of glycogen storage disease in Indian children2
Hookworm re-infection rate and efficacy of single-dose albendazole among pregnant women in Debre Elias District, Northwest Ethiopia: A single-arm trial2
Filariasis presenting as isolated pleural effusion: A case report and mini review2
The future of global health is inclusive and anti-racist1
Acute infectious purpura fulminans: a case series from India1
Increasing incidence of slipped capital femoral epiphysis in Trinidad and Tobago: A 50-year review1
A case of reactivation of hepatitis B presenting with exudative ascites1
Health research capacity in Nepal: Analysis of the trend and the role of local researchers1
Writing scientific articles for TD1
Can outpatient total hip arthroplasty be safely performed in the Caribbean? A case report1
A case series of uncommon causes of maxillary osteomyelitis: Understanding the pathology and recognizing the risks1
Benign acute childhood myositis following human Influenza B virus infection – A case series1
Brucellosis with splenic abscess in a child initially suspected to have covid-191
Giant aortic arch aneurysm presenting with hoarseness of voice1
Rare snake bite- A case report1
Prevalence of cataract and factors associated with cataract surgery uptake among older persons in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study from the National Eye Survey II1
Mucor as a cause of surgical site infection1
Herpes simplex virus-1 oesophagitis presenting with persistent hiccough in an immunocompetent host: A case report1
Needs-driven skill training for surgical residents: our first experience in a low-/middle-income country1
Coeliac disease presenting atypically: A much wider spectrum1
Diagnostic accuracy of Alvarado, RIPASA and Tzanakis scoring system in acute appendicitis: A prospective observational study1
Total eyelid complex sparing orbital exenteration for mucormycosis1
The outbreak of meningitis amidst Lassa fever and diphtheria crisis in Nigeria: An urgent call for action1
Suspected Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artesunate in Cameroon: A case report1
Frugal indigenous elastic bands for maxillo-mandibular fixation1
Feasibility and efficacy of ghost ileostomy in typhoid ileal perforations: A prospective observational study1
Portal vein thrombosis in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhotic patients: Prevalence and clinical characteristics in an Egyptian cohort1
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin scar reactivation in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children1
Revisiting gasless laparoscopic surgeries for possible benefits during and after the COVID-19 pandemic1
A non-resolving splenic ‘abscess’ in an elderly male – An unusual manifestation of splenic lymphoma1
Clinical profile and predictors of therapeutic outcome with azithromycin in pediatric scrub typhus: A study from Eastern India1
Willingness and yield of screening for hepatitis B among outpatients of a tertiary care centre, Puducherry, South India1
Short reports on cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak investigation in Ankesha-Guagsa district, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia1
Delayed gangrene and amputation of penile glans after a religious circumcision in male child – A case report1
COVID-19 lockdown and increased incidence of dengue: A note1
Simple micro-drainage system for palliation of severe subcutaneous emphysema1
Septic arthritis of knee due to Burkholderia pseudomallei: a case report1
An unusual cause of visual loss: Subfoveal, motile angiostrongyliasis1
Neonatal chikungunya encephalitis1
Seton in high anal fistula1
Evaluation of constipation in children using high-resolution anorectal manometry1
A case of amoebic liver abscess complicated by bilhaemia and venous thrombosis1
Physician, heal thyself1
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection presenting as endocarditis and liver abscess1
Congenital syphilis: Need for intensification of antenatal screening and clinician awareness1
Successful treatment of disseminated granulomatous aspergillosis in an apparently immunocompetent host1
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum: A case series1
Prevalence of serological markers of hepatitis B in inflammatory bowel disease – Experience from a tertiary care centre in South India1
A Low-cost model of breast biopsy for the training of surgical residents during COVID-19 pandemic1
Intestinal Spirochaetosis-A case series from the developing world1
Change in schistosomiasis-related liver disease with repeated praziquantel treatment in school children in rural Zambia1
Hepatitis C treatment in the era of directly acting antivirals: an encouraging scenario1
Filariasis presenting with bicytopenia, progressive splenomegaly and acute renal failure: An unusual case report1
Perforator-based propeller flap for coverage of lower leg: Single centre experience1
Is cerebrospinal fluid lactate useful in differentiating scrub typhus meningitis from aseptic, bacterial and tuberculous meningitis?1
A curious case of stent fracture and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – A rare association in the background of cardiac tuberculosis1
‘Flip-flap’ hernia sac sandwich mesh hernioplasty for giant incisional hernia1
Pyrexia of unknown origin and its aetiology in Pakistan1
Prospective randomised trial of bolus vs. continuous regime of jejunostomy feed1
A febrile child with a ‘bunch of grapes’ appearance on neck ultrasonography1
A school-based soil-transmitted helminths survey in the Guadalcanal Province, the Solomon Islands1
Thrombocytopenia in severe iron deficiency anaemia: A report of two cases1
Tears of blood – a female adolescent with essential idiopathic bilateral haemolacria: case report and brief review1
Uncovering the mosaic of emerging infections: The threat of Japanese encephalitis virus in Pakistan1
A retrospective study analyzing indications and outcomes of mid-trimester emergency cervical cerclage in a tertiary care perinatal centre over half a decade1
An unusual case of sepsis due to Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden, an emerging pathogen of non-typhoidal salmonellosis1
Isoniazid induced palmoplantar hyperhidrosis1
The introduction of a paediatric ENT and anaesthesia skills course in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre hospital, (KCMC), Moshi, Tanzania1
Jaundice and Thrombocytopenia in an acute abdomen with concurrent Appendicitis and spontaneous Rectal perforation: An unusual presentation of human leptospirosis1
Pancytopenia: a rare cause for a common presentation1
Liver abscess in early infancy with no underlying risk factors: a case series1
Intractable vomiting as a presentation of adrenal insufficiency – a case report1
Empirical intravenous aciclovir therapy in a suspected case of acute encephalitis1
Prevention of fogging inside safety goggles for healthcare professionals during COVID-19 pandemic: A low-cost solution in resource-limited settings1
We care for patients, but who cares for us?1
Prevalence, epidemiology and clinical outcome of Candida auris infections: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in Jaipur1
Congenital Tuberculosis: A silent foe1
Successful management of complex scalp wounds with exposed calvarial bones by customized Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT): Case series and review of the literature1
Effects of anthropometric and metabolic parameters on transaminase levels and liver stiffness in patients with non-alcohol fatty liver disease1
Mitochondrial toxicity induced by linezolid causing lactic acidosis1
The ever –present need for biopsy to diagnose coeliac disease safely1
Clinical profile, aetiology, short-term outcome and predictors of poor outcome of neonatal seizures among out-born neonates admitted to a neonatal unit in Paediatric emergency of a tertiary care hospi1
Safety measures for conducting exercise oxygen consumption, VO2, tests in developing countries1
High rates of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Peruvian hospital 2013–20191
Of dots and levels: a case of partial subacute combined degeneration1
National audit on maternal mortality in Guinea-Bissau, West-Africa: A retrospective observational study of 20201
Multisystem inflammatory syndromeneonates (MIS-N) associated with acute kidney injury: A case report1
Intravenous immunoglobulin in the management of neonatal sepsis: A randomised controlled trial1
An alarming surge of scrub typhus cases presenting as acute encephalitis in children1
Time for a village-level strategy for the elimination of kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) in India: analysis of potential kala-azar outbreak situation in 20181
Study of spectrum of fungal isolates in the sputum of newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients1
Utility of loop-mediated isothermal amplification as a point-of-care test in diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess1
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a report of TB-IRIS after switching from efavirenz to dolutegravir1
Risk factors for severe bronchiolitis in Colombia1
Caudal duplication syndrome in an adolescent: Rare concoction of duplication anomalies1
Respiratory sequelae of dengue fever1
Exchange blood transfusion in neonates with severe hyperbilirubinemia in a lower-middle-income country: can we minimise the incidence?1
Percutaneous Achilles tendon tenotomy in clubfoot patients with a 22 gauge needle in a low-resource setting1
Atypical scrotal masses: Surgical surprise1
Overdosage of Calcarea phosphorica causes severe hypocalcaemia in a toddler1
A unique case of fever with skin lesions1
Collateral damage due to COVID-191
Delayed cerebellar ataxia as a rare late presenting feature of falciparum malaria – A Case report1
Triple A syndrome: a case report1
A case of concomitant intussusception and appendicitis managed at a regional hospital in Guyana1
Association between nursing work stress, burnout and nosocomial infection rate in a neonatal intensive care unit in Hargeisa, Somaliland1
Rodenticide-induced acute liver failure – Uncommon presentation of commonly available poison1
Rhabdomyolysis due to hypothyroidism without any precipitating factor1
Linezolid-Associated Posterior Reversible Leuco-encephalopathy Syndrome in a Patient with Disseminated Tuberculosis1
A case of primary syphilis characterised by lymphadenitis with abscess formation treated with only antibiotic without surgical excision of lymph node1
The disappearing art of clinical examination1
Trichotillomania in a child with nephrotic syndrome: An unusual steroid induced psychiatric manifestation1
Intravenous colistin for the management of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in Indian patients1
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in children- report of two cases from South India1
A call for greater public involvement in public health1
50th anniversary edition of Tropical Doctor1
Microbiological profile of pathogens in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis secondary to liver cirrhosis: a retrospective study1
Seasonal predominance of atypical agents in adult community-acquired pneumonia in India's northeastern region: Is it the time to look again at empirical therapy guidelines?1
Neurological recovery with serological response in a rabies survivor on long-term follow-up1
Septic emboli from pyomyositis1
A difficult diagnosis of anaplasmosis with pneumonia: A case report1
Utility of monocyte parameters in diagnosing Sputum Smear Negative Pulmonary TB1
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