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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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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
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Mohammed A. Aldahmash
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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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