Methicillin resistance and antimicrobial non-susceptibility trends among Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Aseer, Saudi Arabia (2013–2024): A retrospective laboratory-based surveillance study

• Abdulah J. Alqahtani ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abjaalqahtani@kku.edu.sa

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-6387

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• Yahya Shabi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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• Ghaday Hadi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2367-3361

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• Abdullah Algarni,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-4379

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• Anandhalakshmi Subramanian,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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• Ihab M. Abdelrahim,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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• Ali Al bshabshe,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0974-7226

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• Tarik Alazraqi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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• Safia Abdullah Mohammed,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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• Sara Habbash,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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• Mona M. Alfaki,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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• Abdulah O. S. Bawazeer

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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