First report of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (XDR-TB) infection in Kuwait
Eiman Mokaddas,
Suhail Ahmad,
Hanaa S. Eldeen,
Husam Zaglul,
Noura M. Al-Mutairi,
Ahad Al-Otaibi
Affiliations
Eiman Mokaddas
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait; Kuwait National TB Control Laboratory, Shuwaikh, Kuwait
Suhail Ahmad
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait; Microbiology Laboratory, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Jabriya, Kuwait; Corresponding author at: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Hanaa S. Eldeen
Kuwait National TB Control Laboratory, Shuwaikh, Kuwait