HIV Antibody Screening in a Saudi Arabian Blood Donor Population: 5 Years Experience

Bernvil, S.S.; Sheth, K.; Ellis, M.; Harfi, H.; Halim, M.; Kariem, A.; Andrews, V.

doi:10.1159/000461319

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“…Although the impact of HIV infection on treatment failure, prevalence of drug resistance and compliance was not fully investigated, all those patients tested for HIV were negative. This is not surprising, since the prevalence of HIV in the Kingdom is extremely low [14,15]. Nevertheless, we feel that our findings are still applicable to the current situation in Saudi Arabia, and may draw the attention of physicians dealing with tuberculosis in developing countries to the problems that could be encountered in the management and control of TB, especially that caused by MDR‐MTB.…”

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Treatment outcome of tuberculosis among Saudi nationals: role of drug resistance and compliance

Samman¹,

Krayem²,

Haidar³

et al. 2003

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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Successful treatment outcome among Saudi Nationals seen at the KKNGH in 1993-99 was below the rate recommended by the WHO, and failed treatment was associated with poor compliance, male gender and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These results emphasize the importance of culture and sensitivity tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and close supervision of patients taking antituberculosis medications.

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