About the Authors

Imad M. Tleyjeh

Contributed equally to this work with: Imad M. Tleyjeh, Aref A. Bin. Abdulhak

tleyjeh.imad@mayo.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, S.W, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, S.W, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Aref A. Bin. Abdulhak

Contributed equally to this work with: Imad M. Tleyjeh, Aref A. Bin. Abdulhak

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Muhammad Riaz

Affiliation Research and Scientific Publication Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Musa A. Garbati

Affiliation Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohamad Al-Tannir

Affiliation Research and Scientific Publication Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Faisal A. Alasmari

Affiliation Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mushabab AlGhamdi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdur Rahman Khan

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Patricia J. Erwin

Affiliation Mayo Medical Library, Mayo Clinic, S.W, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Alex J. Sutton

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, England

Larry M. Baddour

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, S.W, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMT ABA AS MR LMB. Analyzed the data: IMT AS MR ABA. Wrote the paper: IMT ABA AS MR FAA MAA MAT MAG ARK PJE LMB.