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Andrea Horváth1, Katalin Kristóf, Marianne Konkoly-Thege

  • 1Semmelweis University, Institute of Medical Microbiology, and Central Microbiology Laboratory, Szent István Hospital, Budapest, Hungary. horand@net.sote.hu

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