About the Authors

Bright Varghese

bvarghese99@kfshrc.edu.sa (BV); hajoj@kfshrc.edu.sa (SAH)

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Research Section, Department of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ziad Memish

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Naila Abuljadayel

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Raafat Al-Hakeem

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fahad Alrabiah

Affiliation Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sahal Abdulaziz Al-Hajoj

bvarghese99@kfshrc.edu.sa (BV); hajoj@kfshrc.edu.sa (SAH)

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Research Section, Department of Infection and Immunity, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BV SAH. Performed the experiments: BV. Analyzed the data: BV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAH ZM NA RA FA. Wrote the paper: BV SAH ZM FA NA RA.