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Rates of cerebrospinal fluid infection and the causative organisms following shunt procedures in Saudi Arabia
A retrospective study based on radiological findings
AbdulAziz M. Al-Sharydah, Yaser A. Abu Melha, Sari S. Al-Suhibani, Abdulrazaq A. Alojan, Tareq H. Al-Taei, Iba I. Alfawaz, Lateefah T. AlShammari, Saeed A. Al-Jubran and Ahmed S. Ammar
Saudi Medical Journal June 2020, 41 (6) 607-613; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.6.25095
AbdulAziz M. Al-Sharydah
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDYaser A. Abu Melha
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDSari S. Al-Suhibani
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDAbdulrazaq A. Alojan
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDTareq H. Al-Taei
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDIba I. Alfawaz
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDLateefah T. AlShammari
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDSaeed A. Al-Jubran
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MDAhmed S. Ammar
From the Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Department (Al-Sharydah, Al-Suhibani, Al-Taei, Alfawaz, Al-Jubran); from the Neurosurgery Department (Ammar, Alojan, Lateefa), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, AlKhobar; and from the Microbiology Department (Melha), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rates of cerebrospinal fluid infection and the causative organisms following shunt procedures in Saudi Arabia
AbdulAziz M. Al-Sharydah, Yaser A. Abu Melha, Sari S. Al-Suhibani, Abdulrazaq A. Alojan, Tareq H. Al-Taei, Iba I. Alfawaz, Lateefah T. AlShammari, Saeed A. Al-Jubran, Ahmed S. Ammar
Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2020, 41 (6) 607-613; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.6.25095
Rates of cerebrospinal fluid infection and the causative organisms following shunt procedures in Saudi Arabia
AbdulAziz M. Al-Sharydah, Yaser A. Abu Melha, Sari S. Al-Suhibani, Abdulrazaq A. Alojan, Tareq H. Al-Taei, Iba I. Alfawaz, Lateefah T. AlShammari, Saeed A. Al-Jubran, Ahmed S. Ammar
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