Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar, tel.: 0974-527 59 89, fax:
0974-487 92 28, e-mail: fakhanqal@ yahoo. co. uk and phosphates, and purines. 1-3 The …

Salmonellosis is an important food borne disease of public health significance. Global
estimates of the disease burden shows more than 20 million cases and 0.15 million deaths …

Background Amylase was the first enzyme to be characterized, and for the previous 200
years, its clinical role has been restricted to a diagnostic aid. Recent interface research has …

Background Infectious etiologies of acute pancreatitis (AP) are rare and include viruses,
bacteria, mycobacteria, parasites, and fungi. We aimed to conduct a comprehensive review …

Salmonella Typhi asymptomatic chronic carriage represents a challenge for the diagnosis
and prevention of typhoid fever in endemic areas. Such carriers are thought to be reservoirs …

Objective: Rare disease Background: Rhabdomyolysis is a clinical syndrome characterized
by elevated serum creatine kinase (CK) and myoglobin levels due to the breakdown of …

Interventions: Empirically intravenous piperacillin-sulbactam and intravenous potassium
treatment, as well as fluid infusions and other supportive treatments were provided after …

Typhoid fever is a potentially life-threatening infectious disease that presents itself with a
wide array of symptoms ranging from uncomplicated fever to sepsis with multiorgan …

Leptospirosis is an acute infection caused by pathogenic species of the genus Leptospira,
which affects humans and animals in all world. In severe forms of the disease, kidneys, liver …

Non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis is a rare complication of acute pancreatitis. One of the major
risk factors of both acute pancreatitis and rhabdomyolysis is alcohol abuse. However, only a …