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Identification of Rare Bacterial Pathogens by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and MALDI-TOF MS
Published on: July 11, 2016
First isolation and genotypic identification of Rickettsia conorii Malish 7 from a patient in Greece
A Psaroulaki1, A Germanakis, A Gikas
1Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, and Geographical Medicine, Collaborating Center of WHO Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, P.O. Box 1393, 71409 Crete Greece, Greece. annapsa@med.uoc.gr
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