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Drug-resistant tuberculosis: an experience from Qatar

Maisa Alia Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarCorrespondence[email protected]
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Faraj Howadya Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Waqar Munira Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Hanfa Karima Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Zubaida Al-Suwaidib National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Muna Al-Maslamania Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Abdullatif Alkhala Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Nada Elmakia Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Hisham Ziglama Department of Infectious Disease, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarView further author information
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Article: 1744351 | Received 09 Jul 2019, Accepted 22 Jan 2020, Published online: 02 Apr 2020

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