Alshahrani, Mona M.
Bilali, Ruqayyah Mohammed Ali
Mohammed, Safia Abdullah
Tawhari, Ibrahim
Alshehri, Mohammed
Asiri, Abdullah Jaber
Alahmari, Hana
Ghamdi, Basma Al
Tahtouh, Esmahan
Alwadai, Nawal
Elnaby, Nermeen Mohamed Abd
Somily, Ali
Binkhamis, Khalifa
Taresh, Hassan Misfer N.
Alqahtani, Sultan Saeed M.
Farhan, Ahmad Ali A. Al
Asiri, Hassan Yahya M.
Alamoud, Ahmed Abdullah A.
Alqahtani, Yazeed Mohammed S.
Alzailaie, Waleed Khaled A.
Alshafea, Yahya Saeed Y. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4546-6072
Alqahtani, Abdulah J.
Shabi, Yahya
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University (RGP1/289/46)
Article History
Received: 7 March 2026
Accepted: 9 June 2026
First Online: 17 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol received ethical approval from the Ministry of Health (MOH) Aseer Branch / Aseer IRB (IRB No.: F7-2-2025; approval date: 16 April 2025; category: Full Board). Informed consent was waived by the IRB due to the retrospective design and use of de-identified routinely collected clinical and microbiology data, with no direct patient contact and minimal risk to participants. All study procedures were conducted in accordance with applicable institutional and national regulations and were consistent with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.