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Antimicrobial resistance in Saudi Arabia

An urgent call for an immediate action

Hosam M. Zowawi
Saudi Medical Journal September 2016, 37 (9) 935-940; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.9.16139
Hosam M. Zowawi
From the College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Infection Prevention and Central and Gulf Cooperation Council for Infection Control, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the University of Queensland, UQ Center for Clinical Research, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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vol. 37 no. 9 935-940
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.9.16139
PubMed 
27570847

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
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  • Published online September 1, 2016.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Hosam M. Zowawi, MClinSc (ClinMicro) (Hons), PhD⇑
  1. From the College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Infection Prevention and Central and Gulf Cooperation Council for Infection Control, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the University of Queensland, UQ Center for Clinical Research, Herston, Queensland, Australia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Hosam M. Zowawi, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: h.zowawi{at}uq.edu.au
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© 2025 Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Medical Journal is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention.  Saudi Medical Journal is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 1658-3175. Print ISSN 0379-5284.

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