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Patterns of antibiotic resistance in uropathogens isolated from pediatric patients

A multicenter study

Zeyad A. Almatroudi, Abdullah M. Almazrou, Abdullah H. Aljomoai, Zaid M. Alsulami, Abdulaziz M. Alotaibi, Abdulmohsen A. Almutairi, Aiman El-Saed, Faisal A. Alsehli and Majid M. Alshamrani
Saudi Medical Journal April 2025, 46 (4) 418-424; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2025.46.4.20241083
Zeyad A. Almatroudi
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah M. Almazrou
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah H. Aljomoai
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Zaid M. Alsulami
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz M. Alotaibi
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulmohsen A. Almutairi
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Aiman El-Saed
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Faisal A. Alsehli
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Majid M. Alshamrani
From the College of Medicine (Almatroudi, Almazrou, Aljomoai, Alsulami, Alotaibi, Almutairi, Alsehli), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, from the Department of Neonatal Intensive Care (Alsehli); and from the Department of Infection Prevention and Control (El-Saed, Alshamrani), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Zeyad A. Almatroudi, Abdullah M. Almazrou, Abdullah H. Aljomoai, Zaid M. Alsulami, Abdulaziz M. Alotaibi, Abdulmohsen A. Almutairi, Aiman El-Saed, Faisal A. Alsehli, Majid M. Alshamrani
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