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Epidemiology of burn-related infections in the largest burn unit in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed E. Mater, Ayman E. Yamani, Ahmad A. Aljuffri and Sumayah A. Binladen
Saudi Medical Journal July 2020, 41 (7) 726-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.7.25141
Mohammed E. Mater
From the Department of Plastic Surgery (Mater, Yamani), Burns Unit, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah; Department of Pediatric Surgery (Aljuffri), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Hospital; and from the College of Medicine (Binladen), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ayman E. Yamani
From the Department of Plastic Surgery (Mater, Yamani), Burns Unit, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah; Department of Pediatric Surgery (Aljuffri), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Hospital; and from the College of Medicine (Binladen), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmad A. Aljuffri
From the Department of Plastic Surgery (Mater, Yamani), Burns Unit, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah; Department of Pediatric Surgery (Aljuffri), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Hospital; and from the College of Medicine (Binladen), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sumayah A. Binladen
From the Department of Plastic Surgery (Mater, Yamani), Burns Unit, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah; Department of Pediatric Surgery (Aljuffri), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Hospital; and from the College of Medicine (Binladen), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed E. Mater, Ayman E. Yamani, Ahmad A. Aljuffri, Sumayah A. Binladen
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