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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus development in intensive care patients

A case-control study

Mohamed A. Ali, Ahmad M. Rajab, Abdullah M. Al-Khani, Saleh Q. Ayash, Amjad Chamsi Basha, Ahmed Abdelgadir, Tawfik M. Rajab, Saed Enabi and Nazmus Saquib
Saudi Medical Journal November 2020, 41 (11) 1181-1186; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.11.25465
Mohamed A. Ali
From the College of Medicine, Sulaiman Al Rajhi University, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmad M. Rajab
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Abdullah M. Al-Khani
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Saleh Q. Ayash
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Amjad Chamsi Basha
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Ahmed Abdelgadir
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Tawfik M. Rajab
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Saed Enabi
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Nazmus Saquib
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