Table 1 The data of selected clinical isolates reported by GCC countries

Bahrain

1,106,509

2.9%

3

9.1%

2841

7.6%

[4–6]

Kuwait

2,583,020

6.7%

9

27.3%

20339

54.5%

[7–15]

Oman

3,173,917

8.2%

3

9.1%

882

2.4%

[8, 16, 17]

Qatar

1,608,903

4.2%

2

6.1%

570

1.5%

[7, 18]

Saudi Arabia

25,373,512

65.7%

14

42.4%

12174

32.6%

[19–32]

UAE

4,765,000

12.3%

2

6.1%

491

1.3%

[33, 34]

GCC total

38,610,861

100.0%

33

100.0%

37295

100.0%

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