A large number of Primary Care consultations are for chronic abdominal pain and heavy digestion, which can be related to infection with Helicobacter pylori and/or parasites in some patients (1,2). These are given an empiric therapy and/or their stool is examined for the presence of H. pylori and its treatment when detected (3). The prevalence of these parasites varies according to the socio-dem...

Background: The evaluation method for the diagnosis of tinea unguium is mainly microscopy. New antidermatophyte monoclonal antibody have been developed that recognizes the cell wall polysaccharide antigen of filamentous fungi, including dermatophytes, and applied it to immunochromatography. Some scientists focused on this technology, improved it, and determined that this test method provided us...

PURPOSE Adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis is a major cause of ocular morbidity and may lead to visual loss. Adenovirus types 8, 19, and 37 may cause epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. The main objective of this study was to determine the types of adenoviruses causing keratoconjunctivitis in Saudi Arabia. METHODS We conducted a non-interventional observational clinical study. Seventy three eyes from...