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The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on antibiotic usage during pregnancy

Eman Bahaa, Maryam H. AL Tamimi, Latifa A. Fakhroo and Nawal Dayoub
Saudi Medical Journal August 2023, 44 (8) 782-787; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230180
Eman Bahaa
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Bahaa, AL Tamimi), Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain; from the General Practitioner-Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (Fakhroo), Medical University of Bahrain, Riffa; and from the Department of IVF and Gynecology (Dayoub), Assisted Reproductive and Gynecology Centre, London, United Kingdom.
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Maryam H. AL Tamimi
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Bahaa, AL Tamimi), Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain; from the General Practitioner-Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (Fakhroo), Medical University of Bahrain, Riffa; and from the Department of IVF and Gynecology (Dayoub), Assisted Reproductive and Gynecology Centre, London, United Kingdom.
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Latifa A. Fakhroo
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Bahaa, AL Tamimi), Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain; from the General Practitioner-Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (Fakhroo), Medical University of Bahrain, Riffa; and from the Department of IVF and Gynecology (Dayoub), Assisted Reproductive and Gynecology Centre, London, United Kingdom.
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Nawal Dayoub
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Bahaa, AL Tamimi), Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain; from the General Practitioner-Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (Fakhroo), Medical University of Bahrain, Riffa; and from the Department of IVF and Gynecology (Dayoub), Assisted Reproductive and Gynecology Centre, London, United Kingdom.
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vol. 44 no. 8 782-787
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.8.20230180
PubMed 
37582567

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received March 13, 2023
  • Accepted July 11, 2023
  • Published online August 14, 2023.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Eman Bahaa, MD, MSc⇑,
  2. Maryam H. AL Tamimi, MBBCH BAO,
  3. Latifa A. Fakhroo, MBBCH BAO and
  4. Nawal Dayoub, MD, FRCOG
  1. From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Bahaa, AL Tamimi), Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Bahrain; from the General Practitioner-Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (Fakhroo), Medical University of Bahrain, Riffa; and from the Department of IVF and Gynecology (Dayoub), Assisted Reproductive and Gynecology Centre, London, United Kingdom.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Eman Bahaa, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Riffa, Kingdom of Bahrain. E-mail: emanbahaa73{at}yahoo.com
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