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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Congenital severe malaria: Artesunate for successful and safe treatment in neonates: A case report11
A case series of 2,4 diethylamine poisoning – what the future holds for us11
New in the tropics: Safety concerns of the novel Butantan-Dengue vaccine for dengue prevention in tropical countries8
A rare complication of Yellow Phosphorous poisoning7
A curious case of stent fracture and left ventricular pseudoaneurysm – A rare association in the background of cardiac tuberculosis7
Retrospective analysis of endometrial cancer among Afro-Caribbean women in Barbados 2008–20177
Sociodemographic factors associated with the use of insecticide treated nets among under-fives in Nigeria: Evidence from a national survey7
Empyema necessitans – An unusual cause of necrotising fasciitis of the breast7
Costus igneus, ‘the Insulin plant’ causing hypoglycaemia: Two case reports7
A unique case of fever with skin lesions6
An unusual case of gastrointestinal perforation caused by trans-abdominal penetration of sewing needles6
Geriatric Depression and its predictors in the National Capital Territory (NCT) of India – A quantitative study6
Quantification of chronic diseases presenting in the Emergency Department and their disposition outcomes: A hospital-based cross-sectional study in north India6
High rates of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Peruvian hospital 2013–20196
Complete renal response of IgA vasculitis with steroid and mycophenolate mofetil in an adult HIV patient5
Case report: Perineal swelling: A rare case of scar endometriosis5
Neonatal analgesic prescription practices in central India: A cross-sectional survey5
Acute febrile illness in pregnancy: Spectrum of disease and impact on maternal and foetal outcome5
Acute kidney injury in the tropics4
Liquid concrete as a gastrointestinal tract foreign body4
Candida prostatitis: A rare entity4
Elizabethkingia meningosepticum infections with varied presentations and different antimicrobial susceptibility – A case series4
The disappearing art of clinical examination4
Increasing incidence of slipped capital femoral epiphysis in Trinidad and Tobago: A 50-year review4
Binge eating after a religious fast: Acute gastric dilation causing perforation – a case report4
Adrenal histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent host4
A curious case of upper limb infection4
Chromobacterium violaceum : An incidental finding in a neonate4
Effect of pantoprazole as an adjunct to standard medical therapy in patients with uncomplicated amoebic liver abscess: A randomised pilot study4
Is the world ready for another viral outbreak? - The deadly Marburg virus4
Fine-needle aspiration cytology finding uric acid crystals produced by Aspergillus4
A Quality Improvement (QI) initiative in diagnostic stewardship of urine culture in an era of Laboratory Information Systems (LIS)3
A culturally sensitive educational intervention to improve the acceptance and sustained use of safer cooking stoves in the Guatemalan highlands3
Bacteriological profile of paediatric skin and soft tissue infections and their antibiogram at a tertiary care teaching hospital in north India3
Circular frames without x-ray – lessons learned regarding radiation exposure during tibial deformity correction from Low & Middle Income Countries?3
Rodenticide-induced acute liver failure – Uncommon presentation of commonly available poison3
The new malaria vaccine: A complementary approach, not a replacement for existing measures3
The Nipah virus resurgence 2023: Kerala's resilience in overcoming the outbreak3
The incorporation of global healthcare teaching into the core medical school curriculum3
Surfactant for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in very low birth weight infants at a level 2 hospital: A descriptive retrospective cohort study – safety and efficacy3
Neonatal chikungunya encephalitis3
Prevalence, epidemiology and clinical outcome of Candida auris infections: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in Jaipur3
Frequency of abnormal Pap smear in patients presenting with postcoital bleeding in Tertiary Care Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan3
Retrospective analysis of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella enterica infections in a level IV hospital from Lima, Peru3
Hookworm infestation as a rare cause of melaena in tropics: A case report3
Leishmaniasis – Still a diagnostic challenge: An individual participant data systematic review3
Acute hepatitis as the sole presentation in leptospirosis: A case report3
Paracoccidioidomycosis and Addison's syndrome – case report3
Book Review: Collapse and Resiliency: The Inside Story of Liberia’s Unprecedented Ebola Response by Tolbert Nyenswah3
Breast gangrene: Tale of two similar cases with two different outcomes3
Paediatric Herpes Zoster: A report of seventeen cases from a tertiary care hospital of North India3
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?3
Note on Ipsa Suyal3
The future of global health is inclusive and anti-racist3
Dengue hypokalaemia causing paralysis3
Current practices of antimicrobial stewardship in the emergency department: A cross-sectional study from a tertiary care centre in North India3
Ileal bezoar secondary to ileal duplication – a case report3
Oesophageal perforation by migrated Ryles tube2
Under-representation of low-income countries in the literature – targeting the bummock of neglected tropical diseases2
Sequential use of drugs (prostaglandin e1 after failed trial of PGE2 gel) for induction of labour: Retrospective observational study2
‘Flip-flap’ hernia sac sandwich mesh hernioplasty 2.02
An uncommon variant of erythema nodosum leprosum responding well to methotrexate: Report of two cases2
Implementation of a 3-phase grid-coupled solar electricity and back-up system at Mulanje Mission Hospital, Malawi2
Psychosocial aspects of Noma (Cancrum Oris) in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review2
Linezolid-Associated Posterior Reversible Leuco-encephalopathy Syndrome in a Patient with Disseminated Tuberculosis2
Cytomorphological comparison of alcohol–formalin cell-block technique with conventional cytology in serous effusions in a low-resource setting2
Presentation of Hansen's disease as Lucio phenomenon in an Indian male2
Role of lumbar sympathetic block in management of iatrogenic sciatic nerve palsy2
An atypical tale of Loffler syndrome in the tropics2
Enteral feeding in neonates ≥34 weeks of gestation with moderate to severe birth asphyxia: A retrospective observational study2
Multi-level approach to workplace violence against healthcare workers2
Who operates on the children?2
Trichotillomania in a child with nephrotic syndrome: An unusual steroid induced psychiatric manifestation2
Diagnostic value of monocyte-lymphocyte ratio and red cell distribution width- lymphocyte ratio against other biomarkers in children with acute appendicitis, cross-sectional study2
A travel-related infection case associated with triple vector-associated infections: Malaria–Dengue–Zika virus2
Socio-clinico-radiological profile of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in association with sputum conversion and baseline hsCRP levels2
Hypoxic respiratory failure in small neonates in developing countries – A call for improving service delivery2
Academic surgery: A road less travelled2
Severe copper sulphate poisoning: A case rescued with plasmapheresis2
Risk factors for placental abruption2
A rare case of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in visceral leishmaniasis2
The importance of emergency medicine in Bangladesh and the need for a residency programme2
e-Cigarettes: Assessing the differences and the harms2
Frugal indigenous elastic bands for maxillo-mandibular fixation2
Bibliometric indices and Global Health publications2
Varied presentations of congenital dengue infection in neonates2
Clinical yield of screening colonoscopies in Jamaica2
Prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated risk factors among schoolchildren from Unión de Reyes municipality, Matanzas Province, Cuba2
Total eyelid complex sparing orbital exenteration for mucormycosis2
Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for the diagnosis of intestinal protozoan infections among patients attending a rural outreach outpatient department in Northern India2
Use of mobile tele-dermatology in managing cutaneous leishmaniasis from a remote district of Nepal during the COVID 19 pandemic: A case series2
Sandifer syndrome in a 30-day-old infant: A case report2
Re-visiting micro ESR as a screening tool for neonatal sepsis2
Study of factors leading to treatment delay in new sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients and its impact on sputum conversion2
Atypical scrotal masses: Surgical surprise2
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from surgical patients in Cambodia over a 10-year period2
Dual natural orifice per luminal endoscopic repair of vesico-vaginal fistula: A case report2
Necrotizing enterocolitis in a moderately preterm neonate in the first week of life: A case report2
Acute myocardial infarction in a young adult with hyperhomocysteinaemia secondary to tropical sprue2
A case of reactivation of hepatitis B presenting with exudative ascites2
Harnessing artificial intelligence in the post-COVID-19 era: A global health imperative2
Cutaneous and ocular manifestations in Indian children with neurocutaneous syndromes: A cross-sectional study2
Spectrum of endoscopic findings in Strongyloides stercoralis infection with gastroduodenal involvement—A case series2
The race against time: Zika virus on the horizon in Pakistan2
Hypocalcaemia – A rare complication of ileostomy2
Congenital syphilis: Need for intensification of antenatal screening and clinician awareness2
Chest sonography versus chest radiograph in children admitted to paediatric intensive care – A prospective study2
Internal jugular vein aneurysm following needle aspiration of a thyroid nodule: A case report2
Blood reservation and utilisation practice for Caesarean section in Ilorin, Nigeria2
Acquired methaemoglobinaemia in infancy associated with acute diarrhoea: A case series1
Penile gangrene caused by inflation of balloon of indwelling urethral catheter in urethra in a spinal cord-injured patient1
Leptospiral myocarditis and pancreatitis1
E-sports: What mental health professionals from low & middle-income countries must know1
Geographical distribution and molecular survey of freshwater snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma haematobium by DraI/Sh73 PCR in eliminated foci of Morocco1
Clinical profile and predictors of severity in paediatric scrub typhus with pulmonary involvement1
Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency quantitative test in dried blood spot– a potential marker for adult unknown G6PD deficiency1
Changes in origin of acute chest pain in a sub-Saharan African setting1
Polymicrobial growth in standard urine culture: Time to Act or Ignore?1
Navigating the disappointment of manuscript rejection: An author's dialogue with a reviewer and editor of tropical doctor (TD)1
Campylobacter cholecystitis and bacteraemia caused by Campylobacter jejuni in a child1
Preliminary report of sexual assaults at Ekiti Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Ado-Ekiti, Southwest, Nigeria (Moremi Clinic)1
Retrospective analysis of clinico-laboratory parameters, outcome and predictors of scrub typhus co- infection in covid-19 affected children1
Acute acalculous cholecystitis due to hepatitis B virus reactivation: A case report and review of the literature1
Assessment of postoperative pain management practices in Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Senegal: A multi-national survey1
Approach to dengue-associated hypokalaemia and neuromuscular weakness1
Flap blood glucose measurement for flap monitoring and early detection of circulatory problems1
Shrill cry, opisthotonus, and sun setting sign in a yellow neonate1
Kikuchi lymphadenitis: A differential diagnosis of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis1
Emphysematous pyelonephritis due to mucormycosis1
Clinico-laboratory characteristics and outcome of patients with eucalyptus oil-induced/provoked seizures: A case series and systematic review of the published patients1
Desert boil strikes hard: An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sindh, Pakistan1
Pyrexia of unknown origin and its aetiology in Pakistan1
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast carcinoma using fluorescein sodium and methylene blue dye: A validation study1
Disseminated tuberculosis after splenectomy: An uncommon event1
Privacy concerns and challenges with informed consent in medical tourism1
Visceral leishmaniasis: A leucaemia mimicker: A case report1
Tuberculosis masquerading as a pancreatic cyst in a patient with cirrhosis1
Paediatric paranasal sinus fibrous dysplasia1
Giant aortic arch aneurysm presenting with hoarseness of voice1
Acute necrotising encephalopathy: A rare complication providing a clue for the outbreak of H1N1 among medical students in Kanpur, India1
Hearts don’t lie: Cardiac tuberculosis diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration cytology1
Occult bacteraemia in children with fever without focus though previously vaccinated against pneumococcus1
Scrub typhus presenting with massive splenomegaly in an adolescent boy1
The global south clinician: A juggler par excellence1
Upper airway obstruction following oropharyngeal bee sting: A case report1
The pathophysiological hypotheses between visceral leishmaniasis infection and consumptive coagulopathy1
‘Unveiling the hidden threat: Delayed presentation of congenital syphilis’1
Erythematous papules in a preterm infant1
Delays in a traumatic brain injury: A case report1
Autoimmune hepatitis unmasked by dengue infection – An unexplored and rare association1
A Low-cost model of breast biopsy for the training of surgical residents during COVID-19 pandemic1
Association between neutrophil lymphocyte ratio and status of symptom control in children and adolescents with bronchial asthma1
Ulceration by Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum: A case study1
Thanks to reviewers – 20231
A rare case of toxocariasis presenting with hypereosinophilic pericardial effusion and mycotic aneurysm1
A middle-aged patient with a pustular dermatosis with inguinal lymphadenopathy1
Massive parietal defect with multiple enteroatmospheric fistulae after thermal injury abdomen in a metal industry accident: Case report of a rare survivor1
Deciphering the diagnostic challenges of female genital tuberculosis: Insights from women pursuing conception at a tertiary care centre in northern India1
Successful management of an unstable paediatric laryngeal injury in a low-resource setting1
Utility of monocyte parameters in diagnosing Sputum Smear Negative Pulmonary TB1
A proposed methodology of health education for inherited genetic disorders: Bag and Ball technique1
A rare case of abdominal cocoon caused by brucellosis1
Omphalitis as a presentation of multiple liver abscesses in a term neonate1
Anti-racist Medical Education in the Transformation of Global Health1
Faeco-vaginal fistulae: An algorithm for management1
Double-trouble: A rare case of co-infection with melioidosis and leptospirosis from Sri Lanka1
Multiple heterotopic sebaceous glands in the oesophagus: A case report and literature review1
A narrative review of efficacy of antibiotics in treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition in community based out-patient treatment1
Thanks to Reviewers1
Physician, heal thyself1
A multifactorial strategy for dengue prevention and control: A public health situation analysis1
Malaria and filaria co-infection in a febrile patient1
Tuberculous calcific constrictive pericarditis in an adult female with a past history of abdominal tuberculosis1
Acute respiratory distress syndrome in paediatric scrub typhus1
The rise and fall of Vibrio cholerae O1391
Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine vaginal cleansing in reducing post-caesarean endometritis at two tertiary hospitals in Enugu, Nigeria: A randomized controlled trial1
Characteristics of patients admitted to the intensive care unit during the 2019 measles epidemic in Samoa: A retrospective clinical case series1
Unexpected trends of amoebic encephalitis in Pakistan1
Newborns with congenital complete heart block: Advice for perinatal care providers1
Honeycomb breast: An appearance of fibrocystic disease1
Cutaneous ulceration as a presenting feature of type 1 lepra reaction: A case report1
Refactory Coeliac disease-a case series from Pakistan1
Hookworm re-infection rate and efficacy of single-dose albendazole among pregnant women in Debre Elias District, Northwest Ethiopia: A single-arm trial1
Metanephric adenoma an unusual renal mass: A rare case1
Purtscher-like retinopathy-unusual initial presentation of rheumatoid arthritis1
Physical examination – Crucial to timely diagnosis1
Nasal leeches and epistaxis: A case series1
Swollen hands and feet syndrome: An uncommon presentation of a common disease1
Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy in a sub-Saharan African country1
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infection presenting as endocarditis and liver abscess1
Introduction: Readers’ forum1
Varicella vaccination in India's universal immunisation program –is it time?1
Utility of rapid chromatographic Immunoassay to rule out typhoid Fever among malaria negative patients1
Scope of antibiotic stewardship in enteric fever: An evidence-based summary1
Book Review: A Short History of Malaria by Randall M Packard1
Innovative choledochoscope for simulation based training in resource limited setting1
Barriers and challenges in providing standard breast cancer care in low resource settings1
Prospective randomised trial of bolus vs. continuous regime of jejunostomy feed1
Evaluation of constipation in children using high-resolution anorectal manometry1
Simple nephrectomy for Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis – Is it really simple?1
Re-emergence of diphtheria in Kano State, Nigeria: Current effort and challenges1
Short reports on cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak investigation in Ankesha-Guagsa district, Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia1
Wastewater surveillance and Wolbachia-aedes method to combat Zika virus outbreaks in tropical countries1
Solitary plaque of borderline lepromatous leprosy clinically masquerading as paucibacillary leprosy1
Seton in high anal fistula1
An alarming surge of scrub typhus cases presenting as acute encephalitis in children1
Acute kidney injury in obstetrics: Hospital-based cohort study1
Kawasaki Disease with Peripheral and Facial Gangrene: A Case report and review of literature1
Scrub typhus masquerading as acute acalculous cholecystitis in a child – a case report1
Long umbilical cord and its mysterious demeanour: A case report1
The unsettling reality of violence against healthcare workers: Past, present and future1
The outbreak of meningitis amidst Lassa fever and diphtheria crisis in Nigeria: An urgent call for action1
Abdominal wall calcification in a peritoneal dialysis patient1
An assessment of improved outcomes using low-cost bubble CPAP in very low birthweight neonates in a Nigerian tertiary hospital1
Arteriovenous supercharging: A novel approach to improve reliability of the distally based sural flap1
ERRATUM to “Abstracts from the GASOC (Global Anaesthesia, Surgery and Obstetric Collaboration) Conference, 14th September 2019”1
A call for greater public involvement in public health1
Burkholderia cepacia infection associated with sickle cell disease: An uncommon entity1
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