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Prevalence of primary anti-tuberculosis drug resistance at the tertiary center in Saudi Arabia and associated risk factors

Mohammed S. Al-Shahrani, Majed I. Hakami, Mahmoud A. Younis, Hanan A. Fan, Mohammed A. Jeraiby and Yasser Alraey
Saudi Medical Journal July 2021, 42 (7) 728-734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20200797
Mohammed S. Al-Shahrani
From the Department of Medical Laboratory (Al-Shahrani), Department of Pulmonary Medicine (Younis, Fan), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah; Saudi Ministry of Health (Hakami), King Fahd Central Hospital; from the Biochemistry Department (Jeraiby), Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan; and from Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Alraey), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Majed I. Hakami
From the Department of Medical Laboratory (Al-Shahrani), Department of Pulmonary Medicine (Younis, Fan), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah; Saudi Ministry of Health (Hakami), King Fahd Central Hospital; from the Biochemistry Department (Jeraiby), Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan; and from Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Alraey), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mahmoud A. Younis
From the Department of Medical Laboratory (Al-Shahrani), Department of Pulmonary Medicine (Younis, Fan), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah; Saudi Ministry of Health (Hakami), King Fahd Central Hospital; from the Biochemistry Department (Jeraiby), Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan; and from Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Alraey), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hanan A. Fan
From the Department of Medical Laboratory (Al-Shahrani), Department of Pulmonary Medicine (Younis, Fan), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah; Saudi Ministry of Health (Hakami), King Fahd Central Hospital; from the Biochemistry Department (Jeraiby), Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan; and from Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Alraey), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Jeraiby
From the Department of Medical Laboratory (Al-Shahrani), Department of Pulmonary Medicine (Younis, Fan), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah; Saudi Ministry of Health (Hakami), King Fahd Central Hospital; from the Biochemistry Department (Jeraiby), Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan; and from Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Alraey), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yasser Alraey
From the Department of Medical Laboratory (Al-Shahrani), Department of Pulmonary Medicine (Younis, Fan), King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah; Saudi Ministry of Health (Hakami), King Fahd Central Hospital; from the Biochemistry Department (Jeraiby), Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan; and from Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Alraey), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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