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The prevalence of multiple drug resistant urinary tract infections

A single-centered, observational retrospective study in King Abdulaziz Specialized Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Faisal K. Alhomayani, Naif M. Alazwari, Mohammed S. Alshhrani, Ali S. Alkhudaydi, Abdullah S. Basaba, Tariq M. Alharthi, Muhanad M. Alghamdi, Abdulaziz S. Aljuaid, Nasser M. Alosimi and Abdulmajeed M. Alqethami
Saudi Medical Journal August 2022, 43 (8) 927-932; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.8.20220238
Faisal K. Alhomayani
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Naif M. Alazwari
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed S. Alshhrani
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali S. Alkhudaydi
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah S. Basaba
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Tariq M. Alharthi
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muhanad M. Alghamdi
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz S. Aljuaid
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nasser M. Alosimi
From the Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant (Alhomayani); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljuaid, Alqethami), College of Medicine, Taif University; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alazwari, Alshhrani, Alkhudaydi, Basaba, Alharthi, Alghamdi, Alosimi), King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulmajeed M. Alqethami
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