About the Authors

Ozgul Kisa

okisa@gata.edu.tr

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy and School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Gulnur Tarhan

Affiliation Tuberculosis Reference and Research Laboratory, Refik Saydam Hygiene Center, Ankara, Turkey

Selami Gunal

Affiliation Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

Ali Albay

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy and School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Riza Durmaz

Affiliation Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

Zeynep Saribas

Affiliation Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Thierry Zozio

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France

Alpaslan Alp

Affiliation Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Ismail Ceyhan

Affiliation Tuberculosis Reference and Research Laboratory, Refik Saydam Hygiene Center, Ankara, Turkey

Ahmet Tombak

Affiliation Tuberculosis Reference and Research Laboratory, Refik Saydam Hygiene Center, Ankara, Turkey

Nalin Rastogi

Affiliation WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory, Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, Abymes, Guadeloupe, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OK GT. Performed the experiments: OK GT A. Albay RD SG. Analyzed the data: OK A. Albay GT RD NR TZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OK A. Albay GT RD A. Alp ZS IC AT. Wrote the paper: OK A. Albay RD.