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Incidence, types and outcomes of sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery in Saudi Arabia

A retrospective medical chart review

Fahad M. Al Majid, Faruk Buba, Mazen Barry, Fatima Alsharani and Fawzan Alfawzan
Saudi Medical Journal February 2020, 41 (2) 177-182; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.2.24843
Fahad M. Al Majid
From the Department of Infectious Diseases (Al Majid, Barry, Alsharani), King Saud University; from the Department of Medicine (Alfawzan) King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and form the Department of Medicine (Buba), College of Medicine Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
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Faruk Buba
From the Department of Infectious Diseases (Al Majid, Barry, Alsharani), King Saud University; from the Department of Medicine (Alfawzan) King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and form the Department of Medicine (Buba), College of Medicine Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
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Mazen Barry
From the Department of Infectious Diseases (Al Majid, Barry, Alsharani), King Saud University; from the Department of Medicine (Alfawzan) King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and form the Department of Medicine (Buba), College of Medicine Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
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Fatima Alsharani
From the Department of Infectious Diseases (Al Majid, Barry, Alsharani), King Saud University; from the Department of Medicine (Alfawzan) King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and form the Department of Medicine (Buba), College of Medicine Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
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Fawzan Alfawzan
From the Department of Infectious Diseases (Al Majid, Barry, Alsharani), King Saud University; from the Department of Medicine (Alfawzan) King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and form the Department of Medicine (Buba), College of Medicine Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
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