Uncovering overlooked bacterial infections in gene X-pert MTB/RIF negative sputum samples of adult patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia

• Negesso Gebre,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Higher Health Center, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Oromia, Ethiopia

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• Jemal Mohammed,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

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• Rudwan Yasin Abrahim,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0175-8325

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• Mohammed Ahmed ,

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

  ^* mameahmed129@gmail.com

  Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4999-8137

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• Kedir Urgesa

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

  Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

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