Khattak, Saeed Ullah
Raza, Nida
Ahmed, Mawahib
Saleem, Ayesha
Salim, Muhammad
Ahmad, Sajjad
Article History
Received: 13 November 2025
Accepted: 10 March 2026
First Online: 28 March 2026
Declarations
:
: Clinical samples used in this study were collected by hospital staff at Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), Peshawar as part of routine diagnostic procedures. The authors received only bacterial isolates from the hospital pathology laboratory with institutional permission and had no direct interaction with patients or access to identifiable patient information. Therefore, the study involved only laboratory analysis of anonymized bacterial isolates and did not require additional ethical approval from the authors’ institution.
: The authors declare no competing interests.