About the Authors

Suhail Ahmad

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Ali A. Al-Shaikh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Ziauddin Khan

zkhan@hsc.edu.kw

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA ZK. Performed the experiments: AAA. Analyzed the data: SA AAA ZK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA ZK. Wrote the paper: SA ZK.