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Article History

Received: 15 November 2024

Accepted: 24 February 2025

First Online: 8 March 2025

Declarations

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: The College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University Institutional Review Board, provided ethics approval (Reference number Reg168/11), and Dessie Referral Hospital provided a letter of permission. In accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, written informed consent or assent was also acquired from every research participant. Additionally, all research participants were volunteers, and their identities were coded rather than named to maintain their confidentiality. Finally, any noteworthy bacterial findings were linked to hospital physicians for further treatment based on antibiotic profiles.

: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from study participants (or their parent or legal guardian in the case of children under 18years).

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: Not applicable.