Rabab Taha MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Chairperson, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
• Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director.

Publications

1. Alraddadi, Basem M., et al. “Epidemiology and Outcomes of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Infection in High-Risk Patients in Saudi Arabia.” Frontiers in Microbiology 16 (2025): 1619611.

2. Taha, Rabab, Sagar Kothari, Farid Foroutan, Melissa Gitman, Vikas Gupta, Tram Nguyen, and Coleman Rotstein. “Implementation of a Routine Screening Program for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Patients with Acute Leukemia at a Canadian Cancer Centre.”

3. Taha, Rabab, et al. “Prevalence of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Western Saudi Arabia and Increasing Trends in the Antimicrobial Resistance of Enterobacteriaceae.” Cureus, February 2023. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.35050.

4. Taha, Rabab, and Atul Humar. “Management of Refractory and Resistant CMV: A Step Forward, but More Work Needed.” Transplant Infectious Disease, July 29, 2021. DOI: 10.1111/tid.13704.

5. Taha, Rabab, et al. “The Relationship Between Vitamin D and Infections Including COVID-19: Any Hopes?” 2021;14:3849–3870. DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S317421.

6. Taha, Rabab, and Shahid Husain. “A Retrospective Case-Control Study Evaluating Shingrix Vaccine in Adults with Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation.” Toronto, Canada. (In process).

7. Taha, Rabab, et al. “Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae from Clinical Bacterial Isolates: A Multicenter Retrospective Chart Review Study in Western Saudi Arabia.” (Submitted).

8. Taha R, Almteri T, Bahabri N, Almoallim H. “Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Young Patient: A Case Report.” Clin Med Rev Case Rep. 2018;5:207. DOI: 10.23937/2378-3656/1410207.

9. Alshaiki F, Obaid E, Almuallim A, Taha R, El-Haddad H, Almoallim H. “Outcomes of Rituximab Therapy in Refractory Lupus: A Meta-Analysis.” European Journal of Rheumatology. 2018. DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2018.17096.

10. Taha, Rabab, et al. “Case Report of Acute Myocarditis Due to Mycoplasma Pneumoniae in a Healthy Adolescent in Saudi Arabia.”

11. Taha R, Alama M, Aljhdali H, Khan A, Kaki R. “Case Report: Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to Cryptococcus Infection in Non-HIV, Non-Organ Transplant.” Clin Med Rev Case Rep. 2019;6:271.

12. Taha, Rabab, et al. “Case Report: Disseminated Non-Epidemic Kaposi Sarcoma in a Non-HIV, Non-Organ Transplant Heterosexual Yemeni Man: A Discussion of Possible Etiology.” J Clin Case Rep. 2019;9:1285.

Book Contribution: Author of Chapter 7 in the medical textbook Skills in Rheumatology, published by Springer. ISBN 978-981-15-8322-3 / 978-981-15-8323-0.