Journal:
:journal of medical bacteriology
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azad khaledi antimicrobial resistance research center, avicenna research institute, department of microbiology and virology, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
abbas bahador department of microbiology, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
davoud esmaeili applied microbiology research center, and microbiology department, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
kiarash ghazvini antimicrobial resistance research center, avicenna research institute, department of microbiology and virology, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran.
background : although, nontuberculous mycobacteria can cause disease in different organisms, they usually are not reported in most countries because scientists in general consider them as non-pathogens. but, increasing nontuberculous mycobacteria diseases occurrence has changed this belief. nevertheless, there is no meta-analysis review about prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in iran...