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Authors
Abu-Resha, Ayat M.
Saleh, Hazem H.
Abou-Dobara, Mohamed I.
El-Sayed, Ahmed K.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Damietta General Hospital
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Article History
Received: 1 April 2026
Accepted: 26 July 2026
First Online: 10 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted on retrospectively collected clinical isolates obtained from routine diagnostic laboratory records between July 2024 and September 2025. Ethical approval was obtained retrospectively from the Subcommittee on Research Ethics for Basic Sciences, Damietta University, Egypt (DU-REC No. 372, approved on March 16, 2026), which specifically authorized the use of previously collected clinical isolates and associated data for research purposes. Written informed consent had been obtained from all patients or their legal guardians (for participants under 18 years of age) at the time of original sample collection as part of routine clinical diagnostic procedures in the participating clinical laboratories. All procedures were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki."
