Arshad, Nimra https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8235-7112
Cheema, Mohsin Tassawar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4399-811X
Amin, Aatif https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5649-5554
Fatima, Rida https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2031-0164
Bekhit, Mounir M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-137X
Elbarbary, Nady K. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5521-6310
Shafiq, Muhammad https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4346-5903
Khurshid, Mohsin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3196-2857
Article History
Received: 6 January 2025
Accepted: 27 September 2025
First Online: 14 October 2025
Declarations
:
: Authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: The study was approved by the Departmental Ethical Review Committee (DERC) at the University of Central Punjab. Approval letter number: UCP/FOST/DERC/2024/02.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for the use of clinical samples in microbiological analysis. A signed patient consent form was archived and is available upon request.
: Consent was also obtained for the anonymous publication of related findings and data derived from the patient’s clinical sample, ensuring no personal identifiers were disclosed.