1 Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. 19575/154, Tehran 19556, Iran. Electronic address: pfarnia@hotmail.com.
2 Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. 19575/154, Tehran 19556, Iran. Electronic address: farnia@theaasm.org.
3 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Centre, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.