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COVID-19 and orthopaedic surgeons: the Indian scenario	49
Barriers to training in laparoscopic surgery in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review	28
COVID-19 and dengue: a deadly duo	23
COVID-19: clinical or laboratory diagnosis? A matter of debate	18
Aetiology of pyrexia of unknown origin in north India	17
Workplace violence towards resident doctors in Indian teaching hospitals: A quantitative survey	10
Contact tracing: a lesson from the Nipah virus in the time of COVID-19	10
The epidemiology and clinical spectrum of infections of the central nervous system in adults in north India	9
Status of human toxocariasis, a neglected parasitic zoonosis in Iran: a systematic review from past to current	7
Utility of anthropometric indicators in predicting osteoporosis in ambulant community dwelling rural postmenopausal women from southern India	7
Quantification of chronic diseases presenting in the Emergency Department and their disposition outcomes: A hospital-based cross-sectional study in north India	7
Impact of point-of-care ultrasound on the diagnosis and treatment of patients in rural Uganda	7
Nutritional status and morbidity profile of children with leprosy contact in a rural community	6
Association of arsenic with recurrence of urinary bladder cancer	6
Pneumoperitoneum from pneumomediastinum in paraquat poisoning	6
Leptospirosis prevalence and risk factors in India: Evidence gap maps	6
Rare association of consumptive coagulopathy in visceral leishmaniasis: A case report	6
Covid-19 and leptospirosis: Cytokine storm and the use of steroids	6
Acquired auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder after malaria treated with quinine	5
Wernicke’s encephalopathy in women with hyperemesis gravidarum – Case series and literature review	5
Roadmap for clinical research in resource-constrained settings	5
Cardiovascular and stroke disease risk among doctors: a cross-sectional study	5
Bloodstream infections and antibiotic sensitivity pattern in intensive care unit	5
Early cardiovascular involvement in dengue fever: A prospective study with two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography	5
Isolated pancreatic and peripancreatic nodal tuberculosis: A single-centre experience	5

Diagnostic value of monocyte-lymphocyte ratio and red cell distribution width- lymphocyte ratio against other biomarkers in children with acute appendicitis, cross-sectional study	5
Low serum potassium among patients with COVID-19 in Bangkok, Thailand: Coincidence or clinically relevant?	5
The 2021 Zika outbreak in Uttar Pradesh state of India: Tackling the emerging public health threat	5
The Mosquirix (RTS.S) malaria vaccine	5
Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Diabetic Ketoacidosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic in North India	4
Neonatal sacrococcygeal teratoma: Our 20-year experience from a tertiary care centre in North India	4
Evidence of sexual transfer of mycobacteria from male to female partners reporting to an IVF clinic	4
Prevalence of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and the antifungal drug resistance of Aspergillusspp. in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Uzbekistan	4
An unusual cause for rib osteomyelitis in the tropics: Cryptococcal osteomyelitis	4
Subacute thyroiditis complicating dengue fever – Case report and brief review of literature	4
Human anthrax in Turkey: A ten years’ experience (2009–2018)	4
Melioidosis in Gujarat: a neglected tropical disease	4
A call for glocal guidelines for global health	4
Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus among blood donors in eastern Algeria	4
Scrub typhus-related hepatotoxicity: The Indian scenario	4
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with hypothyroidism presenting at a rural tertiary care centre in north India	4
Ralstonia mannitolilytica sepsis in neonatal intensive care unit – Be(a)ware of the multidrug resistant nosocomial bug	4
Pre-hospital care and its association with clinical outcome of snakebite victims presenting at a tertiary care referral hospital in South India	4
COVID-19 and/with dengue infection: A curse in an overburdened healthcare system	4
Large wooden orbital foreign body: case report and literature review	4
Trauma surgery via distance mentoring: A model inspired by the 2020 pandemic	4
Differences in treatment strategies in the management of acute appendicitis in a county hospital in Guatemala and an academic teaching institution in the United States	3
A comparison of COVID-19 secondary attack rate in household and close contacts compared to current risk stratification guidelines of the Kerala government	3
Placenta accreta spectrum: Management and outcomes in a tertiary centre in India: An observational cross-sectional study	3
Predictors of prolonged hospitalisation and mortality among children admitted with blackwater fever in eastern Uganda	3
Barriers and challenges in providing standard breast cancer care in low resource settings	3
Clinical and microbial spectrum of community-acquired pneumonia in children of north India	3
Bacterial sepsis in dengue fever – A paediatric perspective	3
‘BOMBILE’ – Newest enemy to our sight? – A case series	3
Mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination amidst COVID-19 pandemic in Odisha, India: A step towards achieving SDG-3	3
The concomitant viral epidemics of Rift Valley fever and COVID-19: A lethal combination for Kenya	3
Microbiological profile of chronic osteomyelitis with special reference to anaerobic osteomyelitis in a tertiary care hospital of coastal Karnataka	3
COVID-19 lethality in non-elderly individuals in cities with different Human Development Index	3
Prevalence and antibiogram of non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli in blood stream infections: Study in a tertiary care centre, Western Uttar Pradesh, India	3
HIV is an emerging health challenge in Pakistan: risk factors and management strategies	3
Cardiogenic shock with first-degree heart block in a patient with glyphosate-surfactant poisoning	3
Cavitary lung disease in hospitalized patients: Differences between melioidosis and tuberculosis	3
Evaluation of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in predicting the prognosis of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever	3
Prevalence of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci among Egyptian patients after surgical interventions	3
Neonatal ventriculitis: a case series and review of literature	3
Reverse innovation in health: Good but not good enough to be standard of care?	3
A case of glomerulonephritis caused by brucellosis	3
Clinical profile and predictors of severity in paediatric scrub typhus with pulmonary involvement	3
Low-cost solutions incorporated in a standard surgical pathway for early breast cancer: A pilot study	2
Collateral effect of COVID-19 on public health in low-resource countries	2
Chest sonography versus chest radiograph in children admitted to paediatric intensive care – A prospective study	2
Harnessing artificial intelligence in the post-COVID-19 era: A global health imperative	2
Living with a hernia: A qualitative study of patient experience of abdominal wall hernias in Ndola, Zambia	2
Chagas disease in children from the Gran Chaco region: A bibliographic appraisal	2
Clinical profile and outcome of glycogen storage disease in Indian children	2

SARS-CoV-2 infection, pulse oximetry, and interpretive caveats	2
Vehicular hyperthermia deaths in Indian children: a little recognised mode of fatal injury	2
Orbital Aspergillosis, a great masquerader: a series of three unusual cases and a review of the literature	2
The outbreak of meningitis amidst Lassa fever and diphtheria crisis in Nigeria: An urgent call for action	2
Rodenticide-induced acute liver failure – Uncommon presentation of commonly available poison	2
Respiratory sequelae of dengue fever	2
Epidemiology of the cnidarian Pelagia noctiluca stings on Moroccan Mediterranean beaches	2
Splenectomy in Jamaican children with sickle cell disease: Outcome of selective blood transfusion	2
Hookworm re-infection rate and efficacy of single-dose albendazole among pregnant women in Debre Elias District, Northwest Ethiopia: A single-arm trial	2
Severe copper sulphate poisoning: A case rescued with plasmapheresis	2
Unilateral hypopyon associated acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis: Unusual presentation leading to HIV diagnosis	2
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 hospi	2
Insulin Resistance in children on Sodium Valproate – A hospital based cross-sectional study in Indian children	2
Intravenous pamidronate for treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta in Indian children	2
Preliminary report of sexual assaults at Ekiti Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Ado-Ekiti, Southwest, Nigeria (Moremi Clinic)	2
Epidural blood patch for spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH): a report of two cases	2
Awareness of personal height and weight among community-dwelling people in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea	2
Going together: ethical considerations for trainees in global surgery	2
Acquired methaemoglobinaemia in infancy associated with acute diarrhoea: A case series	2
Minding the Ps and Qs in global surgery outreach programmes	2
Filariasis presenting as isolated pleural effusion: A case report and mini review	2
Assessment of postoperative pain management practices in Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Senegal: A multi-national survey	2
Cavity in pulmonary mucormycosis: Is it rare?	2
Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome – An often missed diagnosis	2
Pregnant woman from southern Peru with rabies infection who delivered a healthy baby	2
An uncommon variant of erythema nodosum leprosum responding well to methotrexate: Report of two cases	2
Adult ocular leech infestation	2
Polymicrobial growth in standard urine culture: Time to Act or Ignore?	2
Liver abscess in early infancy with no underlying risk factors: a case series	2
Clinical profile and predictors of mortality among the referred neonates at a tertiary care centre in north India: a prospective observational study	2
Clinical profile of symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection: cases from a tertiary hospital in north India	2
Prevalence and determinants of oral potentially malignant lesions using mobile health in a rural block, northeast India	2
Retrospective study on imported schistosomiasis in Morocco between 2005 and 2017	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 vaccination	2
Outcome of lymph node tuberculosis management with conventional treatment with and without prednisolone	2
A school-based soil-transmitted helminths survey in the Guadalcanal Province, the Solomon Islands	2
Melioidosis: distinctive clinico-epidemiological characteristics in southern India	2
Miltefosine-related paracentral ulcerative keratolysis in a patient with active cutaneous leishmaniasis from Nepal	2
Femoral shaft fracture following oil massage in neonates: a single-centre experience	2
Prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated factors among children from child centres in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia	2
Imaging features of Robert’s uterus: Case series of a rare Mullerian duct anomaly	2
Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine vaginal cleansing in reducing post-caesarean endometritis at two tertiary hospitals in Enugu, Nigeria: A randomized controlled trial	2
Microbiological profile and antibiotic resistance pattern of empyema thoracis in Calabar, Nigeria	2
Varicella vaccination in India's universal immunisation program –is it time?	2
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: a rare cause of acute cortical visual impairment in an adult	2
Response to oxygen therapy using oxygen concentrators run off solar power in children with respiratory distress in remote primary health facilities in Papua New Guinea	2
Arteriovenous supercharging: A novel approach to improve reliability of the distally based sural flap	2
Transvaginal laparoscopic appendectomy using innovative submucosal tunnels: a conducive modification for improving hybrid NOTES access and its critical appraisal	2
Cough elixir overdose causing toxic leuco-encephalopathy and serotonin syndrome	2
Clinical spectrum, aetiology and predictors of acute febrile encephalopathy at a tertiary hospital in south India – A prospective observational study	2
Exploring the Skin Mycobiome in Very Preterm babies during the early neonatal period in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of India	2
Retained biliary plastic stents – lest we forget	2
Neonatal Chikungunya: A case series	2
Kawasaki Disease with Peripheral and Facial Gangrene: A Case report and review of literature	2
Associations of day of week and time of day of ICU admission with hospital mortality in Malawi	2
Will trust survive the COVID pandemic?	2
Time to abandon the old dictum of delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy after acute cholecystitis has settled in Caribbean practice	2
Neonatal chikungunya encephalitis	1
Classification of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients based on its risk factors using latent class analysis	1
Congenital syphilis: Need for intensification of antenatal screening and clinician awareness	1
Effects of anthropometric and metabolic parameters on transaminase levels and liver stiffness in patients with non-alcohol fatty liver disease	1
A case of amoebic liver abscess complicated by bilhaemia and venous thrombosis	1
Simple micro-drainage system for palliation of severe subcutaneous emphysema	1
Study of spectrum of fungal isolates in the sputum of newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients	1
The future of global health is inclusive and anti-racist	1
Post-malaria neurological syndrome manifesting as new onset psychosis with generalized encephalopathy: an analysis of two cases in children	1
A case of concomitant intussusception and appendicitis managed at a regional hospital in Guyana	1
Septic arthritis of knee due to Burkholderia pseudomallei: a case report	1
Arcanobacterium haemolyticum: A case series	1
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection presenting as endocarditis and liver abscess	1
Filariasis presenting with bicytopenia, progressive splenomegaly and acute renal failure: An unusual case report	1
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a report of TB-IRIS after switching from efavirenz to dolutegravir	1
Spontaneous subcapsular renal haematoma in a diabetic patient with acute pyelonephritis	1
Caesarean scar ectopic pregnancy: A case series	1
Herpes simplex virus-1 oesophagitis presenting with persistent hiccough in an immunocompetent host: A case report	1
Time for a village-level strategy for the elimination of kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) in India: analysis of potential kala-azar outbreak situation in 2018	1
Congenital Tuberculosis: A silent foe	1
WHO recommendation and India’s practice on tetanus vaccination—How much is too much?	1
Overdosage of Calcarea phosphorica causes severe hypocalcaemia in a toddler	1
Thrombocytopenia in severe iron deficiency anaemia: A report of two cases	1

Prospective randomised trial of bolus vs. continuous regime of jejunostomy feed	1
Atypical scrotal masses: Surgical surprise	1
Suspected Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artesunate in Cameroon: A case report	1
An unusual case of sepsis due to Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden, an emerging pathogen of non-typhoidal salmonellosis	1
Collateral damage due to COVID-19	1
A case of primary syphilis characterised by lymphadenitis with abscess formation treated with only antibiotic without surgical excision of lymph node	1
A curious case of stent fracture and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – A rare association in the background of cardiac tuberculosis	1
Portal vein thrombosis in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhotic patients: Prevalence and clinical characteristics in an Egyptian cohort	1
Bilateral gluteus maximus contracture due to intra muscular injections	1
High rates of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Peruvian hospital 2013–2019	1
Intravenous colistin for the management of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in Indian patients	1
Safety measures for conducting exercise oxygen consumption, VO2, tests in developing countries	1
Revisiting gasless laparoscopic surgeries for possible benefits during and after the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Seton in high anal fistula	1
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
The disappearing art of clinical examination	1
Trichotillomania in a child with nephrotic syndrome: An unusual steroid induced psychiatric manifestation	1
An unusual cause of visual loss: Subfoveal, motile angiostrongyliasis	1
Mitochondrial toxicity induced by linezolid causing lactic acidosis	1
Empirical intravenous aciclovir therapy in a suspected case of acute encephalitis	1
Writing scientific articles for TD	1
Evaluation of constipation in children using high-resolution anorectal manometry	1
COVID-19 lockdown and increased incidence of dengue: A note	1
Physician, heal thyself	1
Prevention of fogging inside safety goggles for healthcare professionals during COVID-19 pandemic: A low-cost solution in resource-limited settings	1
Clinical features, outcomes and predictors of drug resistance and complications in patients admitted with pyelonephritis	1
Hepatitis C treatment in the era of directly acting antivirals: an encouraging scenario	1
Needs-driven skill training for surgical residents: our first experience in a low-/middle-income country	1
A case series of uncommon causes of maxillary osteomyelitis: Understanding the pathology and recognizing the risks	1
Acute kidney injury in obstetrics: Hospital-based cohort study	1
Is cerebrospinal fluid lactate useful in differentiating scrub typhus meningitis from aseptic, bacterial and tuberculous meningitis?	1
Comparison of direct wet mount, Kato–Katz and formol ether sedimentation technique for the diagnosis of hookworm infection in Debre Elias Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia	1
Percutaneous Achilles tendon tenotomy in clubfoot patients with a 22 gauge needle in a low-resource setting	1
Appendiceal fibroma in an Amyand’s hernia mimicking a supernumerary testis: a case report	1
Rare snake bite- A case report	1
Benign acute childhood myositis following human Influenza B virus infection – A case series	1
Utility of monocyte parameters in diagnosing Sputum Smear Negative Pulmonary TB	1
A non-resolving splenic ‘abscess’ in an elderly male – An unusual manifestation of splenic lymphoma	1
Diagnostic accuracy of Alvarado, RIPASA and Tzanakis scoring system in acute appendicitis: A prospective observational study	1
Triple A syndrome: a case report	1
Caudal duplication syndrome in an adolescent: Rare concoction of duplication anomalies	1
Coeliac disease presenting atypically: A much wider spectrum	1
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin scar reactivation in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children	1
Association between neutrophil lymphocyte ratio and status of symptom control in children and adolescents with bronchial asthma	1
Mucor as a cause of surgical site infection	1
Acute infectious purpura fulminans: a case series from India	1
Brucellosis with splenic abscess in a child initially suspected to have covid-19	1
Isoniazid induced palmoplantar hyperhidrosis	1
Clinical profile and predictors of therapeutic outcome with azithromycin in pediatric scrub typhus: A study from Eastern India	1
Increasing incidence of slipped capital femoral epiphysis in Trinidad and Tobago: A 50-year review	1
Delayed gangrene and amputation of penile glans after a religious circumcision in male child – A case report	1
The introduction of a paediatric ENT and anaesthesia skills course in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre hospital, (KCMC), Moshi, Tanzania	1
Jaundice and Thrombocytopenia in an acute abdomen with concurrent Appendicitis and spontaneous Rectal perforation: An unusual presentation of human leptospirosis	1
Tears of blood – a female adolescent with essential idiopathic bilateral haemolacria: case report and brief review	1
A retrospective study analyzing indications and outcomes of mid-trimester emergency cervical cerclage in a tertiary care perinatal centre over half a decade	1
Willingness and yield of screening for hepatitis B among outpatients of a tertiary care centre, Puducherry, South India	1
Multisystem inflammatory syndromeneonates (MIS-N) associated with acute kidney injury: A case report	1
Delays in a traumatic brain injury: A case report	1
A difficult diagnosis of anaplasmosis with pneumonia: A case report	1
A call for greater public involvement in public health	1
Short reports on cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak investigation in Ankesha-Guagsa district, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia	1
Association between nursing work stress, burnout and nosocomial infection rate in a neonatal intensive care unit in Hargeisa, Somaliland	1
A rare case of toxocariasis presenting with hypereosinophilic pericardial effusion and mycotic aneurysm	1
Pancytopenia: a rare cause for a common presentation	1
50th anniversary edition of Tropical Doctor	1
An alarming surge of scrub typhus cases presenting as acute encephalitis in children	1
Health research capacity in Nepal: Analysis of the trend and the role of local researchers	1
Neurological recovery with serological response in a rabies survivor on long-term follow-up	1
Change in schistosomiasis-related liver disease with repeated praziquantel treatment in school children in rural Zambia	1
The ever –present need for biopsy to diagnose coeliac disease safely	1
E-sports: What mental health professionals from low & middle-income countries must know	1
Exchange blood transfusion in neonates with severe hyperbilirubinemia in a lower-middle-income country: can we minimise the incidence?	1
Prevalence of serological markers of hepatitis B in inflammatory bowel disease – Experience from a tertiary care centre in South India	1
A Low-cost model of breast biopsy for the training of surgical residents during COVID-19 pandemic	1
Septic emboli from pyomyositis	1
Pyrexia of unknown origin and its aetiology in Pakistan	1
Risk factors for severe bronchiolitis in Colombia	1
Successful management of complex scalp wounds with exposed calvarial bones by customized Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT): Case series and review of the literature	1
‘Flip-flap’ hernia sac sandwich mesh hernioplasty for giant incisional hernia	1
Delayed cerebellar ataxia as a rare late presenting feature of falciparum malaria – A Case report	1
Frugal indigenous elastic bands for maxillo-mandibular fixation	1
A febrile child with a ‘bunch of grapes’ appearance on neck ultrasonography	1
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in children- report of two cases from South India	1
Rhabdomyolysis due to hypothyroidism without any precipitating factor	1
Prevalence of cataract and factors associated with cataract surgery uptake among older persons in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study from the National Eye Survey II	1
Uncovering the mosaic of emerging infections: The threat of Japanese encephalitis virus in Pakistan	1
Surgical tourism in low- and middle-income countries: Current Status and the impact on the poor	1
A unique case of fever with skin lesions	1
Linezolid-Associated Posterior Reversible Leuco-encephalopathy Syndrome in a Patient with Disseminated Tuberculosis	1
Intractable vomiting as a presentation of adrenal insufficiency – a case report	1
Total eyelid complex sparing orbital exenteration for mucormycosis	1
Prevalence, epidemiology and clinical outcome of Candida auris infections: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in Jaipur	1
National audit on maternal mortality in Guinea-Bissau, West-Africa: A retrospective observational study of 2020	1
Feasibility and efficacy of ghost ileostomy in typhoid ileal perforations: A prospective observational study	1
We care for patients, but who cares for us?	1