The first Saudi Arabian national inventory study revealed the upcoming challenges of highly diverse non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases.

• Main Authors: Bright Varghese (Author), Mushira Enani (Author), Mohammed Shoukri (Author), Sameera AlJohani (Author), Hawra Al Ghafli (Author), Sahar AlThawadi (Author), Sahal Al Hajoj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Incidences of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) causing pulmonary and extrapulmonary diseases are reportedly increasing globally and the current epidemiologic situation in Saudi Arabia remains unclear. To study such trend, we carried out a nationwide systematic epidemiological study focusing on NTM...