About the Authors
- Abdur Rahman Khan
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
- Muhammad Riaz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Riaz, Aref A. Bin Abdulhak
Affiliation Research and Scientific Publication Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Aref A. Bin Abdulhak
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Contributed equally to this work with: Muhammad Riaz, Aref A. Bin Abdulhak
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Mohamad A. Al-Tannir
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Affiliation Research and Scientific Publication Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Musa A. Garbati
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Patricia J. Erwin
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Affiliation Mayo Medical Library, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Larry M. Baddour
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Imad M. Tleyjeh
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* E-mail: itleyjeh@kfmc.med.sa
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: IMT. Performed the experiments: ARK MR ABA MAG MAT. Analyzed the data: ARK MR ABA MAG MAT PJE IMT LB. Wrote the paper: ARK MR ABA MAG MAT PJE LMB IMT. Did search for eligible studies, helped in writing methods section: PJE.