About the Authors

Abdullah M. Aldhaif

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Molecular and Medical Microbiology Laboratory, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed A. Al-Garni

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular and Medical Microbiology Laboratory, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed A. Muyidi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

aamoaaydi@kfmcity.med.sa

Affiliation Molecular and Medical Microbiology Laboratory, King Faisal Medical City, Abha, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed H. Makkawi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Laboratory Science, Applied Science Medical College, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.