Disease relevance of Bahrain

• This is the first case report of ankylosing spondylitis presenting as discitis in Bahrain [1].

High impact information on Bahrain

• CONCLUSIONS: The high rates of diabetes in Bahrain and other Arabian Peninsula populations appear to be part of a familial syndrome that includes raised plasma cholesterol levels [2].
• CONTEXT: The College of Medicine and Medical Sciences at the Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain, replaced the traditional long case/short case clinical examination on the final MD examination with a direct observation clinical encounter examination (DOCEE) [3].
• CONCLUSION: Despite continued concerns of potential risks of ophthalmic chloramphenicol, this preparation is extensively utilized in Bahrain. We are of the opinion that for minor infections, chloramphenicol ophthalmic preparations should be replaced by safer alternatives [4].
• With tributyltin (TBT) concentrations up to 60 ngSng(-1), some sediments could be classified as contaminated (i.e. TBT>1.3 ngSng(-1)), namely Dukhan (Qatar), the BAPCO industrial complex and Askar (Bahrain), and Hilf and the Raysut Port Area (Oman) [5].
• The aim of this study was to compare the occurrence of secondary caries adjacent to fluoride-containing amalgam with that adjacent to a conventional amalgam under field conditions in Bahrain. Children (n = 415) aged 6-14 yr who required occlusal restorations in two homologous contralateral permanent molar teeth were identified [6].

Associations of Bahrain with chemical compounds

• Trends in ophthalmic antimicrobial utilization pattern in Bahrain between 1993 and 2000: a resurgence of chloramphenicol [4]?
• A comprehensive field study of atmospheric NO2 was conducted throughout the state of Bahrain, using passive diffusion tube samplers [7].
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nickel and vanadium in air particulate matter in Bahrain during the burning of oil fields in Kuwait [8].
• Postnatal testing of 165 gestational diabetics in Bahrain and 194 in Australia indicated that although the severe degrees of glucose intolerance were more likely to persist postnatally, it was impossible to predict in the individual patient the change in glucose tolerance that would occur after delivery [9].
• Tar, nicotine, and CO analysis of the five leading brands and two others which were previously popular in Bahrain showed that the average yields were mostly comparable with the same brands in the UK [10].

Gene context of Bahrain

• Sickle cell disease in Bahrain: coexistence and interaction with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency [11].
• The ABO and Rh blood groups in Bahrain, Arabian Gulf [12].
• We have analyzed environmental air samples from Korea, Kuwait, and Bahrain by polymerase chain reaction and temporal temperature gradient electrophoresis and have produced genetic fingerprints of the natural microbial flora in these regions [13].
• METHODS: Between April 2000 and February 2001, all patients with T1DM of more than 5 years, who were diagnosed between years 1985 to 1995 and followed by pediatricians at Salmaniya Medical Complex, Kingdom of Bahrain, were screened for DNP [14].
• Validation of the Arabic Version of the Group Personality Projective Test among university students in Bahrain [15].

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