Fahmi-Yousef Khan

..A Six-month course with antituberculous therapy was effective and improved the outcome...

..All patients had received empirical antibiotics and these were appropriate in five cases (83%). The mean duration of antimicrobial treatment was 12.5 (SD 2.4) days. Two of the six patients (33%) died in hospital...

..Only a few patients presented with severe malaria. Increased efforts are needed to educate travelers about the need for prophylaxis and other measures...

..Follow-up after six months showed a good response to treatment; an upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy after six months was normal...

..1mmol/L. The rosuvastatin induced rhabdomyolysis is discussed and the danger of its use in low risk patients is emphasized...

..Subsequently, the patient maintained a good urine output with improved renal parameters and accordingly was discharged. In this report, we review the literature and discuss the pathogenesis of the disease thoroughly...

..After 12 months from the start of a 6-month course of combined antituberculous treatment, 32 patients were cured whereas 3 patients had left the country before completing therapy...

..Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Qatar...

..Antimycoplasma antibody titer by complement fixation was high 1:10,240. The patient was discharged after 12 days of hospitalization in good health. He remains clinically well with no recurrence of jaundice...

..After a 2-week course of ceftriaxone (2g once daily) the patient made an uneventful recovery and was discharged. In this report the literature is reviewed and the pathogenesis of the disease is discussed...

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..Abdominal ultrasound findings were consistent with acute acalculous cholecystitis. He was treated successfully with quinine and doxycycline and discharged in good clinical condition...

..He was discharged on the sixteenth day after admission with a serum creatinine level of 160micromol/L...

..Therefore, bloodstream infection surveillance is crucial to produce meaningful guidelines for prevention (e.g., catheter-related) and empirical treatment of bacteraemia in Qatar...

..Treatment with linezolid was continued for a total therapy duration of three weeks, after which the patient was discharged in a good condition. ..

..This study was conducted at Hamad General Hospital to determine the incidence of fungal peritonitis and to describe its clinical and microbiological findings in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in Qatar...

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..The patient was given non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Naproxen 500 mg twice daily orally). After ten days, the fever and lymphadenopathy subsided and he was consequently discharged...

..paratyphi A, which was sensitive to ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin. Ceftriaxon was administered with high-dose dexamethasone. Two weeks after treatment with ceftriaxon, the patient was discharged in satisfactory condition...

..The back pain resolved completely and the patient was discharged. Typhoid osteomyelitis of the spine should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients from endemic areas who present with fever and backache...

..There is limited information about risk factors of young ischemic stroke in Qatar. The aim of this study was to describe the risk factors and subtypes of young ischemic stroke among Qatari and non-Qatari residents...

..The aim of this study is to determine the causes of ascites in Qatar, and to evaluate the value of ascitic fluid analysis in different types of ascites...

..The urine myoglobin test result was positive. He was diagnosed with neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Dantrolene was started for 3 days, followed by bromocriptine. The clinical syndrome resolved over the next couple of days...

..On the eleventh hospitalization day the patient was weaned from ventilator and extubated successfully. Subsequently, the patient improved, his fever subsided, and he regained muscle power satisfactorily...

..The patient was discharged after 18 d of hospitalization with 600 mg gemfibrozil twice a day. At the time of discharge, the fasting triglyceride was 4.2 mmol/L. After four weeks the patient was seen in the clinic, he was well...

..Histological examination of colonic biopsies revealed a heavy expansion of the mucosa by sheaths of eosinophils. On the following days, the peripheral eosinophilia, ascites and abdominal pain resolved spontaneously...