Epidemiological Aspects of Notified Sexually Transmitted Infections and a Review of the Current Surveillance System in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

Objective Our study aimed to identify the epidemiological patterns of notified sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia, and to review the existing STI surveillance system. Methods We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study, extracting STI surveillance data from the Health Electronic Surveillance Network Plus (HESN Plus) database. All notified STI cases (100%) reported to the Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health in the Tabuk Region, and available in the HESN Plus database until 19 November 2024, were included in the study.

Efficacy and safety of treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in renal transplant recipients.

Aim: To assess the efficacy and safety of combined pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in renal transplant recipients.

Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of post renal transplant patients who were positive for anti-HCV and HCV-RNA, and who have received treatment with combination of pegylated interferon and ribavirin between October 2003 and December 2008. Only patients with stable graft function and absence of evidence of cirrhosis and who received the therapy for continuous 48 wk were included.

A database for the management of histocompatibility and immunogenetics results of renal transplantation patients.

To establish a multi-relational database to include data on renal transplantation patients' HLA results, panel reactive antibodies (PRA), antibody crossmatching, blood transfusions and cytokine gene polymorphisms, we designed a database using a Microsoft office application, Access (R). Accordingly, any combination of the results' tables can be obtained in one single table. We believe that Access (R) is a good tool to organize the collected data on renal transplant patients and may serve to obtain fast reports on patients and enhance research.