Dwarfing is an important agricultural trait for intensive cultivation and effective orchard management in modern fruit orchards. Commercial citrus production relies on grafting with rootstocks that reduce tree vigor to control plant height. Citrus growers all over the world have been attracted to dwarfing trees because of their potential for higher planting density, increased productivity, easy harvest, pruning, and efficient spraying.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe myroides bacteria species are multidrug-resistant gram-negative aerobic bacilli. The genus myroides comprises two species, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Narrow-spectrum antibiotics are recommended as the first-line therapy for management of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). There are limited data evaluating the antibiotic prescription patterns for CAP in Saudi Arabia. The goal of this study to report on the antibiotic patterns in children hospitalized with CAP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the efficacy of current practices and new modalities for the management of neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinaemia.
Methods: The prospective study was conducted at King Khalid Hospital, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia, from September 2015 to September 2018, and copmprised neonates with hyperbilirubinaemia who were managed using the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence 2010 guidelines. The outcomes were measured in terms of decrease in total serum bilirubin and clinical improvement.