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Early neonatal sepsis and meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia

Ashwaq I. Barnawi, Faisal N. Kordy, Ohoud K. Almuwallad and Khloud A. Kassarah
Saudi Medical Journal July 2020, 41 (7) 753-756; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.7.25720
Ashwaq I. Barnawi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Barnawi), Madina Maternity & Children’s Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (Kordy), from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Development (Almuwallad); and from the Department of General Pediatric Development (Kassarah), Maternity and Child Hospital, Ministry of Health, King Abdullah Medical City, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Faisal N. Kordy
From the Department of Pediatrics (Barnawi), Madina Maternity & Children’s Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (Kordy), from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Development (Almuwallad); and from the Department of General Pediatric Development (Kassarah), Maternity and Child Hospital, Ministry of Health, King Abdullah Medical City, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ohoud K. Almuwallad
From the Department of Pediatrics (Barnawi), Madina Maternity & Children’s Hospital; from the Department of Pediatrics (Kordy), from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Development (Almuwallad); and from the Department of General Pediatric Development (Kassarah), Maternity and Child Hospital, Ministry of Health, King Abdullah Medical City, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khloud A. Kassarah
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Ashwaq I. Barnawi, Faisal N. Kordy, Ohoud K. Almuwallad, Khloud A. Kassarah
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Ashwaq I. Barnawi, Faisal N. Kordy, Ohoud K. Almuwallad, Khloud A. Kassarah
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