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Article History

Received: 31 May 2024

Accepted: 13 October 2025

First Online: 3 November 2025

Declarations

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: The data accessed during this study was kept strictly confidential and anonymous. Every effort was made to ensure that the information remained private and devoid of personally identifiable details, upholding the utmost integrity of our research endeavor. Ethical clearance was obtained by AL-HAYAT Hospital’s IRB under reference number ETC-02-2023 as presented in annex I. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its subsequent amendments or comparable ethical standards. Data was transcribed and then destroyed.

: The authors consent to the publication of this work in any and all BMC Infectious Diseases publications.

: The authors declare no competing interests.