Tropical DoctorPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-05-26DOI: 10.1177/00494755261454456
Isaac Ks Ng, Mark Il Lum, Wilson Gw Goh, An Jian Leung, Lynette Teo, Manjari Lahiri, Charlotte Sl Tan
{"title":"Gut mayhem at sea: Acute mesenteric ischaemia in a sailor unmasking polyarteritis nodosa.","authors":"Isaac Ks Ng, Mark Il Lum, Wilson Gw Goh, An Jian Leung, Lynette Teo, Manjari Lahiri, Charlotte Sl Tan","doi":"10.1177/00494755261454456","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261454456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute mesenteric ischaemia is a life-threatening cause of abdominal pain caused by sudden intestinal hypoperfusion. While most cases are related to cardio-embolic events or thrombosis of a pre-existing atherosclerosed vessel in patients with significant cardiovascular risk factors, rarely, it may be the initial manifestation unmasking an underlying systemic vasculitis. We describe a case of polyarteritis nodosa causing mesenteric ischaemia, based on the presence of an inflammatory state and characteristic radiological findings of medium-vessel vasculitis. After treatment with high-dose intravenous corticosteroids and induction of cyclophosphamide therapy, the patient's symptoms resolved, inflammatory markers normalised, and he had stable radiological findings prior to discharge.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"787-789"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148037083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An unusual presentation of scrub typhus as tetany: A case report.","authors":"Padma Chitra Balasubramanian, Kolluri Priyanka, Syed Ahmed Zaki, Gadhiraju Manisha Varma, Sibabratta Patnaik","doi":"10.1177/00494755261467172","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261467172","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scrub typhus is a mite-borne rickettsial infection caused by <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i> and is transmitted through the bite of larval trombiculid mites. It is an important cause of acute febrile illness in endemic regions. Although the disease typically presents with fever, rash, lymphadenopathy, and eschar, its clinical manifestations are highly variable and may include severe systemic complications. We report a case of scrub typhus presenting with symptomatic hypocalcaemia and hypophosphataemia probably the result of renal tubular electrolyte loss, highlighting a potentially under-recognized metabolic manifestation.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"776-777"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148399835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infection-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in scrub typhus: A diagnostic enigma - A paediatric case series.","authors":"Shambhavi, Anand Kumar Manjhi, Md Rizwan Farooquee","doi":"10.1177/00494755261449086","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261449086","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scrub typhus, though common, gives rise rarely to severe complications such as infection-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"736-737"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147950141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bilateral necrotising retinitis caused by cytomegalovirus in an immunocompetent host: A case report.","authors":"Sivaraman Bala Murugan, Yuvraj Madhav, Prithiviraj Nagarajan","doi":"10.1177/00494755261445972","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261445972","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"800-803"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From chronic abscess to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): A case of recurrent melioidosis in Sri Lanka.","authors":"Thulani Pattiyakumbura, Thisara Shadwarna Perera, Suranga Manilgama, Damayanthi Idampitiya, Malika Karunaratne, Niroshan Lokunarangoda","doi":"10.1177/00494755261448959","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261448959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Melioidosis is caused by the environmental bacterium <i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i> and may recur months after apparent cure with fatal consequences. We report a previously healthy 31-year-old man with incompletely treated bacteraemic melioidosis who presented eight months later with recurrent chest wall abscess and fulminant pneumonia progressing to ARDS and death despite aggressive treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"768-769"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147976792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tropical DoctorPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-06-10DOI: 10.1177/00494755261457477
Ravi Kiran Pathak
{"title":"Diaphyseal forearm fractures without fluoroscopy: Titanium elastic nailing system (TENS): A paediatric case series from Nepal.","authors":"Ravi Kiran Pathak","doi":"10.1177/00494755261457477","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261457477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In resource-limited settings such as rural Nepal, the lack of intra-operative fluoroscopy often forces clinicians to choose between suboptimal conservative management or referral to distant centres. Our case series presents the feasibility of the titanium elastic nailing system for displaced childhood both-bone forearm fractures using tactile feedback and portable radiography instead of a C-arm. While the rate of open reduction was higher than in a fluoroscopy-guided series (2/9 for radius, 4/9 for ulna), all cases achieved stable intramedullary placement and clinical union. This approach offers a viable alternative for maintaining surgical standards in so-called 'blind' settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"749-751"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148213108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of sepsis screening and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry for the diagnosis of neonatal candidaemia in a Sub-Himalayan tertiary centre in India.","authors":"Arushi Gupta, Balram Ji Omar, Mohit Bhatia, Yogendra Pratap Mathuria, Sriparna Basu","doi":"10.1177/00494755261467569","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261467569","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neonatal candidaemia is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care settings, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where diagnostic delays remain a challenge.The diagnostic utility of a five-parameter sepsis screen and the comparison of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) with VITEK-2 for identification of <i>Candida</i> species in neonates were evaluated at a tertiary care institute in the sub-Himalayan region of India from November 2022 to March 2024. <i>Non-albicans Candida</i> species accounted for 75% of isolates. Significant discordance was observed between MALDI-TOF MS and VITEK-2, particularly for cryptic species. The sepsis screen demonstrated a sensitivity of 77.8% but lacked specificity because it included only culture-positive fungal cases. The mortality rate was 30%. Thus, we conclude that a sepsis screen serves as a useful early screening tool but is non-specific. MALDI-TOF MS provides more accurate and faster species identification than biochemical methods. A combined diagnostic approach may help reduce delays in targeted therapy in neonatal candidemia.</p>","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"632-636"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148406628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tropical DoctorPub Date : 2026-10-01Epub Date: 2026-04-25DOI: 10.1177/00494755261445184
Rongkai Tan, Chui Yain Chen, Chenshen Lam, Yi Wen Lim
{"title":"Prompt recognition of aneurysmal compression in isolated oculomotor nerve palsy: A case of favourable visual and clinical outcomes.","authors":"Rongkai Tan, Chui Yain Chen, Chenshen Lam, Yi Wen Lim","doi":"10.1177/00494755261445184","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00494755261445184","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49415,"journal":{"name":"Tropical Doctor","volume":" ","pages":"762-764"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147787348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}