Emergence of Rare Species of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria as Potential Pathogens in Saudi Arabian Clinical Setting
OPEN PLoS neglected tropical diseases | 12 Jan 2017
B Varghese, M Enani, M Shoukri, S AlThawadi, S AlJohani and S Al-Hajoj
Abstract
Clinical relevance of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing worldwide including in Saudi Arabia. A high species diversity of NTM’s has been noticed in a recent study. However, the identification in diagnostic laboratories is mostly limited to common species. The impact of NTM species diversity on clinical outcome is so far neglected in most of the clinical settings.
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- Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen, Riyadh, Mecca, United Arab Emirates, Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia
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