Prevalence of unculturable bacteria in the periapical abscess: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Alaa Muayad Altaie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Basema Saddik,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4682-5927

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• Mohammed Amjed Alsaegh,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Sameh S. M. Soliman,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Rifat Hamoudi ,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rhamoudi@sharjah.ac.ae (RH); lakshman@hku.hk (LPS)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-0868

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• Lakshman P. Samaranayake

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rhamoudi@sharjah.ac.ae (RH); lakshman@hku.hk (LPS)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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