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Epidemiology, clinical profiles, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections

Insights from a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

Raghad T. Alhuthil, Raghad M. Hijazi, Ohoud A. Alyabes, Mohammed A. Alsuhaibani, Deema A. Gashgarey, Ibrahim M. Binsalamah, Mohammed A. Aldahmash, Salem M. Alghamdi, Esam A. Albanyan, Suliman A. Aljumaah and Sami H. Al-Hajjar
Saudi Medical Journal August 2024, 45 (8) 840-847; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.8.20240279
Raghad T. Alhuthil
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Raghad M. Hijazi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ohoud A. Alyabes
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Alsuhaibani
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Deema A. Gashgarey
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim M. Binsalamah
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Aldahmash
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Salem M. Alghamdi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Esam A. Albanyan
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Suliman A. Aljumaah
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sami H. Al-Hajjar
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 45 no. 8 840-847
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.8.20240279
PubMed 
39074884

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 1, 2024
  • Accepted July 4, 2024
  • Published online July 28, 2024.

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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. Raghad T. Alhuthil, BHS,
  2. Raghad M. Hijazi, MD,
  3. Ohoud A. Alyabes, MD⇑,
  4. Mohammed A. Alsuhaibani, MBBS,
  5. Deema A. Gashgarey, MD,
  6. Ibrahim M. Binsalamah, MD,
  7. Mohammed A. Aldahmash, MD,
  8. Salem M. Alghamdi, MBBS,
  9. Esam A. Albanyan, MBBS, MMM,
  10. Suliman A. Aljumaah, MBBS and
  11. Sami H. Al-Hajjar, MD, MBA
  1. From the Department of Pediatrics (Alhuthil, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Gashgarey, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and from the College of Medicine (Hijazi, Alyabes, Alsuhaibani, Binsalamah, Aldahmash, Alghamdi, Albanyan, Aljumaah, Al-Hajjar), Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ohoud A. Alyabes, Department of Pediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Email: oyabes{at}kfshrc.edu.sa
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