First insights into the phylogenetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kuwait and evaluation of REBA MTB-MDR assay for rapid detection of MDR-TB

• Noura M. Al-Mutairi,

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

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

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• Suhail Ahmad ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: suhail.ahmad@ku.edu.kw, suhail_ah2000@yahoo.com

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-4781

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• Eiman Mokaddas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Sahal Al-Hajoj

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity, Mycobacteriology Research Section, King Faisal Special Hospital and Research Center (KFSH & RC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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