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

• Main Authors: Bright Varghese (Author), Mushira Enani (Author), Mohammed Shoukri (Author), Sahar AlThawadi (Author), Sameera AlJohani (Author), Sahal Al-Hajoj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...