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

• Bright Varghese,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4183-0399

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• Mushira Enani,

  Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Specialities Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohammed Shoukri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Biotechnology Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Sameera AlJohani,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Hawra Al Ghafli,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Sahar AlThawadi,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Sahal Al Hajoj

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hajoj@kfshrc.edu.sa

  Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-3642

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