Sharahi, Javad Yasbolaghi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5183-6153
Goudarzi, Hossein https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3052-6447
Ghalavand, Zohreh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1998-2716
Goudarzi, Mehdi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6720-9341
Javidi, Mohsen https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9301-616X
Fayyazi, Amirhossein https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0383-6722
Kamali, Monireh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-845X
Babaei, Samaneh
Aghdaee, Amirhossein
Hashemi, Ali https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-5541
Article History
Received: 29 July 2025
Accepted: 4 December 2025
First Online: 13 December 2025
Declarations
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: All clinical specimens were obtained as part of routine diagnostic procedures without additional sampling. The study protocol (IR.SBMU.MSP.REC.1403.310) received ethical approval from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants following detailed verbal explanations of the study objectives and procedures. All patient data were fully anonymized, and the ethical approval included a waiver for the use of bacterial isolates in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.