Hemmati, Hossein
Hasannejad-Bibalan, Meysam
Khoshdoz, Sara
Khoshdoz, Parisa
Yaghubi Kalurazi, Tofigh http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6042-2331
Sedigh Ebrahim-Saraie, Hadi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8339-5199
Nalban, Soheila
Article History
Received: 24 June 2020
Accepted: 4 August 2020
First Online: 14 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study design was approved by the regional Ethics Committee of Guilan University of Medical Sciences (IR.GUMS.REC.1398.444) and was in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. However, the ethics committee waived the need for informed consent since only the medical records were used.
: Not applicable. All samples either swabs or aspiration were obtained from patients as parts of routine sampling during their hospitalization period, so the regional ethical committee waived the need for informed consent.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.