Emergence of Rare Species of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria as Potential Pathogens in Saudi Arabian Clinical Setting.

• Egile Nagusiak: Bright Varghese (Egilea), Mushira Enani (Egilea), Mohammed Shoukri (Egilea), Sahar AlThawadi (Egilea), Sameera AlJohani (Egilea), Sahal Al-Hajoj (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: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 N...