Correction to: BMC Pulm Med 20, 269 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01310-8

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error concerning the affiliation of the first and the sixth author, Esmaeil Mortaz and Payam Tabarsi.

They were affiliated with the following affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

While they should be affiliated with this affiliation: Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

The original article [1] has been updated and the corrected affiliations are provided in this article (please see the reference list above).