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Adherence to international guidelines for the treatment of meningitis infections in Lebanon

Sahar M. Haydar, Souheil R. Hallit, Rabih R. Hallit, Pascale R. Salameh, Lama J. Faddoul, Bahia AG. Chahine and Diana N. Malaeb
Saudi Medical Journal March 2019, 40 (3) 260-265; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.3.23965
Sahar M. Haydar
From the School of Pharmacy (Haydar, Faddoul, Chahine, Malaeb), Lebanese International University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Salameh), from the Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Hallit R., Hallit S.), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, from Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie (Hallit S., Salameh), Institut National de Sante Publique, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the Department of Life Sciences and Health (Malaeb), Paris-Est University, Paris, France
BS, PharmD
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Souheil R. Hallit
From the School of Pharmacy (Haydar, Faddoul, Chahine, Malaeb), Lebanese International University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Salameh), from the Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Hallit R., Hallit S.), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, from Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie (Hallit S., Salameh), Institut National de Sante Publique, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the Department of Life Sciences and Health (Malaeb), Paris-Est University, Paris, France
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Rabih R. Hallit
From the School of Pharmacy (Haydar, Faddoul, Chahine, Malaeb), Lebanese International University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Salameh), from the Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Hallit R., Hallit S.), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, from Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie (Hallit S., Salameh), Institut National de Sante Publique, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the Department of Life Sciences and Health (Malaeb), Paris-Est University, Paris, France
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Pascale R. Salameh
From the School of Pharmacy (Haydar, Faddoul, Chahine, Malaeb), Lebanese International University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Salameh), from the Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Hallit R., Hallit S.), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, from Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie (Hallit S., Salameh), Institut National de Sante Publique, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the Department of Life Sciences and Health (Malaeb), Paris-Est University, Paris, France
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Lama J. Faddoul
From the School of Pharmacy (Haydar, Faddoul, Chahine, Malaeb), Lebanese International University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Salameh), from the Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Hallit R., Hallit S.), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, from Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie (Hallit S., Salameh), Institut National de Sante Publique, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the Department of Life Sciences and Health (Malaeb), Paris-Est University, Paris, France
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Bahia AG. Chahine
From the School of Pharmacy (Haydar, Faddoul, Chahine, Malaeb), Lebanese International University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Salameh), from the Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Hallit R., Hallit S.), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, from Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie (Hallit S., Salameh), Institut National de Sante Publique, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the Department of Life Sciences and Health (Malaeb), Paris-Est University, Paris, France
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Diana N. Malaeb
From the School of Pharmacy (Haydar, Faddoul, Chahine, Malaeb), Lebanese International University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Salameh), from the Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Hallit R., Hallit S.), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, from Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie (Hallit S., Salameh), Institut National de Sante Publique, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the Department of Life Sciences and Health (Malaeb), Paris-Est University, Paris, France
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vol. 40 no. 3 260-265
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.3.23965
PubMed 
30834421

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received October 4, 2018
  • Accepted January 28, 2019
  • Published online March 1, 2019.

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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.

Author Information

  1. Sahar M. Haydar, BS, PharmD,
  2. Souheil R. Hallit, MPH, PhD⇑,
  3. Rabih R. Hallit, MD,
  4. Pascale R. Salameh, MPH, PhD,
  5. Lama J. Faddoul, BS, PharmD,
  6. Bahia AG. Chahine, BS, PharmD and
  7. Diana N. Malaeb, PharmD, MPH
  1. From the School of Pharmacy (Haydar, Faddoul, Chahine, Malaeb), Lebanese International University, from the Faculty of Pharmacy (Salameh), from the Faculty of Medicine (Salameh), Lebanese University, Beirut, from the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences (Hallit R., Hallit S.), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, from Epidemiologie Clinique et Toxicologie (Hallit S., Salameh), Institut National de Sante Publique, Beirut, Lebanon, and from the Department of Life Sciences and Health (Malaeb), Paris-Est University, Paris, France
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Souheil Hallit, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon. E-mail: souheilhallit{at}hotmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-6918-5689
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