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

Husam Zaglul

Tuberculosis Department, Chest Diseases Hospital, Shuwaikh, Kuwait

Noura M. Al-Mutairi

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait

Ahad Al-Otaibi

Microbiology Laboratory, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Jabriya, Kuwait