Family cluster of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Main Authors: Abeer N. Alshukairi (Author), Hanan M. Moalim (Author), Asim Alsaedi (Author), Walaa Y. Almansouri (Author), Mohammed Al-Zahrani (Author), Alaa Aljuaid (Author), Basem M. Alraddadi (Author), Hanan H. Altorkistani (Author), Abdulrahman A. Alrajhi (Author), Sahal A. Al-Hajoj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We describe the clinical and genetic characteristics of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in a family cluster in the western region of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia diagnosed between 2012 and 2016. All cases had risk factors for tuberculosis acquisition and they were not household contacts of the...