Hasan Ejaz:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6185-2042
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing
– review & editing
Sonia Younas: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – original
draft
Khalid O. A. Abosalif: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – review & editing
Kashaf Junaid: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: Writing
– review & editing
Badr Alzahrani: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review &
editing
Abdullah Alsrhani: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – original
draft
Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla: Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – original draft
Muhammad Ikram Ullah: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: Writing – original draft
Muhammad Usman Qamar:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-238X
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Sanaa S. M. Hamam:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1239-4898
Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: ValidationRole: Writing – original draft
Iddya Karunasagar: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
7
January
2021
Publication date Collection: 2021
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0245126
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf
University, Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia
[2
]
Department of Pathology, Tehsil Headquarter Hospital Kamoke, District Gujranwala,
Pakistan
[3
]
Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Omdurman Islamic University, Omdurman, Sudan
[4
]
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University,
Faisalabad, Pakistan
[5
]
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Menoufia University,
Menoufia, Egypt
[6
]
Department of Microbiology, King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-20-21539
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245126
PMC ID: 7790543
PubMed ID: 33412564
SO-VID: 7150b78c-d46e-4a9f-9715-e11f50d36d44
Copyright © © 2021 Ejaz et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: Deanship of Scientific Research, Jouf University, Saudi Arabia
Award ID: 47/40
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6185-2042
Hasan Ejaz
HE received the award. The study was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research,
Jouf University, Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia, through project No. 47/40. Most of the authors
are Jouf University employees, so the study design, data collection, and analysis,
decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript is contributed through the employees.
https://www.ju.edu.sa/en/home/.
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Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobial Resistance
Subject:
Antibiotic Resistance
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Antimicrobial Resistance
Subject:
Antibiotic Resistance
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Domestic Animals
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Zoology
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Animals
Subject:
Domestic Animals
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobial Resistance
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Pharmacology
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Pharmacology
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Drugs
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Antimicrobials
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Antibiotics
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Microbial Control
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Antimicrobials
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Antibiotics
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Microbiology
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Microbial Pathogens
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Pathogens
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Microbial Pathogens
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Bacterial Pathogens
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Klebsiella
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Klebsiella Pneumoniae
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Pharmacology
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Drugs
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Antimicrobials
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Antibacterials
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Microbiology
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Microbial Control
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Antimicrobials
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Antibacterials
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Molecular Biology
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Molecular Biology Techniques
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Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Molecular Biology Techniques
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Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
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Polymerase Chain Reaction