About the Authors

Abdur Rahman Khan

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Muhammad Riaz

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

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

Affiliation Research and Scientific Publication Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Musa A. Garbati

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Patricia J. Erwin

Affiliation Mayo Medical Library, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Larry M. Baddour

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Imad M. Tleyjeh

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.