Mycobacterium simiae: Harmless colonizer or deadly pathogen?

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About the Authors

Jean-Francois Jabbour

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean-Francois Jabbour, Amal Hamieh

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Amal Hamieh

Contributed equally to this work with: Jean-Francois Jabbour, Amal Hamieh

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Al Rassoul Al Azam Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

Sima L. Sharara

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Souha S. Kanj

* E-mail: sk11@aub.edu.lb

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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