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Clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcome of medical staff infected with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

A retrospective single-center study

Samah I. Abohamr, Mubarak A. Aldossari, Faisal A. Alaklobi, Hala A. Amer, Shaimaa H. Alzarzour, Sara W. Abdelhamid, Obaid Aljunaidi, Omar S. Badhawi, Shireen Siddiqui, Hanem Jumaa, Muhammad Badwi and Eman Elsheikh
Saudi Medical Journal December 2020, 41 (12) 1336-1343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.12.25514
Samah I. Abohamr
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mubarak A. Aldossari
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Faisal A. Alaklobi
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hala A. Amer
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Shaimaa H. Alzarzour
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sara W. Abdelhamid
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Obaid Aljunaidi
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Omar S. Badhawi
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Shireen Siddiqui
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hanem Jumaa
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Muhammad Badwi
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Eman Elsheikh
From the Department of Cardiology (Abohamr, Elsheikh), Tanta University Hospital, from the Department of Community Medicine (Amer), National Research Center, Eygpt; from the Heart Health Center (Abohamr, Aldossari, Aljunaidi, Badhawi); from the Department of Infectious Diseases Pediatric and Infection Control (Alaklobi); from the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection (Amer, Alzarzour, Jumaa, Badwi); from the Department of Microbiology (Siddiqui), King Saud Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Abdelhamid), Alfaisal University, Riyadh; and from the Internal Medicine Department (Elsheikh), King Faisal University, Alahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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