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A matched case-control study to assess the carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections among hospitalized children at King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Omar A. Alzomor, Tariq S. Alfawaz, Amani Abu-Shaheen, Mohammed A. Alshehri and Dayel Al Shahrani
Saudi Medical Journal November 2019, 40 (11) 1105-1110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.11.24586
Omar A. Alzomor
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alzomor, Alfawaz, Alshehri, Al Shahrani), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Scientific Writing Research Services (Abu-Shaheen), Administration Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Tariq S. Alfawaz
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alzomor, Alfawaz, Alshehri, Al Shahrani), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Scientific Writing Research Services (Abu-Shaheen), Administration Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amani Abu-Shaheen
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alzomor, Alfawaz, Alshehri, Al Shahrani), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Scientific Writing Research Services (Abu-Shaheen), Administration Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed A. Alshehri
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alzomor, Alfawaz, Alshehri, Al Shahrani), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Scientific Writing Research Services (Abu-Shaheen), Administration Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Dayel Al Shahrani
From the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section (Alzomor, Alfawaz, Alshehri, Al Shahrani), Children’s Specialized Hospital, and from the Department of Scientific Writing Research Services (Abu-Shaheen), Administration Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2019, 40 (11) 1105-1110; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2019.11.24586

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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2019, 40 (11) 1105-1110; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2019.11.24586
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