Screening for diabetes among tuberculosis patients: a nationwide population-based study in Egypt.

Background: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing rapidly in Egypt and considered one of the major health problems in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Objectives: To measure the prevalence of diabetes and detect the undiagnosed cases of diabetes mellitus among patient with tuberculosis.

Methods: Study Design: Nationwide population-based study.

Prognostic factors of treatment among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Egypt.

Background/purpose: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) represents 5% of TB cases globally. In Egypt, it represents 11.4% of TB cases (2.

A new species of Brevipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and key to the Egyptian species.

A new species, Brevipalpus noranae sp. nov. (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) is described and illustrated from females collected on Malus domestica Borkh and Citrus aurantium L.

Enthesitis and related changes in the knees in seronegative spondyloarthropathies and skin psoriasis: magnetic resonance imaging case-control study.

Objective: To describe enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features and characteristic entheseal changes in the knees in patients with seronegative spondyloarthropathy (SpA).

Methods: The 56 patients included 30 with psoriatic arthritis, 5 with ankylosing spondylitis, 5 with reactive arthritis, 5 with ulcerative colitis (UC), 5 with Crohn's disease, and another 6 with skin psoriasis. Controls were 20 healthy subjects without knee complaints.

Can magnetic resonance imaging differentiate undifferentiated arthritis based on knee imaging?

Objective: To compare findings as observed on enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee joints, in oligoarticular-undifferentiated arthritis (UA) in those with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthropathy (SpA).

Methods: A total of 55 patients with knee arthritis were consecutively recruited for the study, including 25 with undifferentiated oligoarthritis of the knee joint(s), 15 fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria for RA and 15 with SpA. Laboratory investigations included erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, complete blood count, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, serum creatinine, and urine analysis.