hossien fazeli department of microbiology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, ir iran azadeh taraghian department of microbiology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, ir iran; department of microbiology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, ir iran. tel: +98-9134120306; fax: +98-3136688597 razie kamali department of microbiology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, ir iran farkhondeh poursina department of microbiology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, ir iran bahram nasr esfahani department of microbiology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, ir iran sharareh moghim department of microbiology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, ir iran

payam tabarsi clinical tb and epidemiology research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran. tel/fax: +98-2126109590 ; clinical tb and epidemiology research center, national research institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (shahid beheshti university of medical sciences) davood yadegarinia iranian infectious disease research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی (shahid beheshti university of medical sciences)

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payam tabarsi clinical tb and epidemiology research center (nritld), university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; mycobacteriology research center (nritld), university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; masih daneshvari hospital, tehran, ir iran. tel.: +98-9123307289, fax: +98-2126109590, e-mail: [email protected] masoud mardani infectious diseases and tropical medicine research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran

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