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Chryseobacterium/Elizabethkingia species infections in Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz M. Alyami, Naoufel M. Kaabia, Marzouq A. AlQasim, Fahad S. Al Doghaim, Lulu B. Albehlal, Medina A. Ahmed, Amal Y. Al Aidaroos and Abdurahman Al Odayani
Saudi Medical Journal March 2020, 41 (3) 309-313; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.3.24985
Abdulaziz M. Alyami
From the Department of Infection Control and Prevention (Alyami, Kaabia, AlQasim, Al Doghaim, Al Aidaroos, Al Odayani), Central Laboratory and Blood Bank (Ahmed), Scientific Research Center (Albehlal), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Naoufel M. Kaabia
From the Department of Infection Control and Prevention (Alyami, Kaabia, AlQasim, Al Doghaim, Al Aidaroos, Al Odayani), Central Laboratory and Blood Bank (Ahmed), Scientific Research Center (Albehlal), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Marzouq A. AlQasim
From the Department of Infection Control and Prevention (Alyami, Kaabia, AlQasim, Al Doghaim, Al Aidaroos, Al Odayani), Central Laboratory and Blood Bank (Ahmed), Scientific Research Center (Albehlal), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad S. Al Doghaim
From the Department of Infection Control and Prevention (Alyami, Kaabia, AlQasim, Al Doghaim, Al Aidaroos, Al Odayani), Central Laboratory and Blood Bank (Ahmed), Scientific Research Center (Albehlal), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Lulu B. Albehlal
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Medina A. Ahmed
From the Department of Infection Control and Prevention (Alyami, Kaabia, AlQasim, Al Doghaim, Al Aidaroos, Al Odayani), Central Laboratory and Blood Bank (Ahmed), Scientific Research Center (Albehlal), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amal Y. Al Aidaroos
From the Department of Infection Control and Prevention (Alyami, Kaabia, AlQasim, Al Doghaim, Al Aidaroos, Al Odayani), Central Laboratory and Blood Bank (Ahmed), Scientific Research Center (Albehlal), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdurahman Al Odayani
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