Hajj is 1 of the 5 pillars of Islam. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been privileged to host
this event, which brings close to 2 million pilgrims from all over the world every year. During …

Background: Corticosteroid contact allergy is not uncommon. The diagnosis can be made
with either patch testing or intradermal (ID) testing. In view of a few problems that have been …

Emerging infections including those resulting from the bioterrorist use of infectious agents
have indicated the need for global health surveillance. This paper reviews multiple …

Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is an autoimmune disease affecting the fetus as a
result of transplacental transfer of anti-Ro autoantibodies. Typically, it presents in the first few …

Background: Tuberculosis is a major health problem in Saudi Arabia and developing
countries. Understanding the epidemiology of the disease helps in its early identification and …

A 33-year-old healthy woman with a family history of hyperlipidemia presented with
asymptomatic skin-colored yellowish linear transverse plaques and papules on the trunk and …

Tuberculosis, an infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli, has existed for
millennia, and till today it continues to be a major global public health concern, and in 2015 …

Cyclosporine was suggested recently by Japanese workers to provoke central nervous
systems symptoms in Behcet’s disease. We report 2 cases supporting this notion. Our aim is to …

Discussion Sodium metabisulfite (synonym: sodium pyrosulfite) is a frequently encountered
sulfite present as an antioxidant in oral, topical and parenteral medicines. It is used as an …