Discordance across Phenotypic and Molecular Methods for Drug Susceptibility Testing of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in a Low TB Incidence Country

Suhail Ahmad; Eiman Mokaddas; Noura Al-Mutairi; Hanaa S. Eldeen; Shirin Mohammadi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153563

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Discordance across Phenotypic and Molecular Methods for Drug Susceptibility Testing of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in a Low TB Incidence Country

Suhail Ahmad ,

* E-mail: Suhail_ah@hsc.edu.kw

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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Eiman Mokaddas,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait, Kuwait National TB Reference Laboratory, Shuwaikh, Kuwait
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Noura Al-Mutairi,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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Hanaa S. Eldeen,

Affiliation Kuwait National TB Reference Laboratory, Shuwaikh, Kuwait
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Shirin Mohammadi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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Discordance across Phenotypic and Molecular Methods for Drug Susceptibility Testing of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in a Low TB Incidence Country

Suhail Ahmad,
Eiman Mokaddas,
Noura Al-Mutairi,
Hanaa S. Eldeen,
Shirin Mohammadi

Published: April 20, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153563

About the Authors

Suhail Ahmad

* E-mail: Suhail_ah@hsc.edu.kw

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Eiman Mokaddas

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait, Kuwait National TB Reference Laboratory, Shuwaikh, Kuwait

Noura Al-Mutairi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Hanaa S. Eldeen

Affiliation Kuwait National TB Reference Laboratory, Shuwaikh, Kuwait

Shirin Mohammadi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA EM. Performed the experiments: NA HSE SM. Analyzed the data: SA EM NA HSE SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA EM. Wrote the paper: SA EM NA HSE SM.

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