Viridans Group Streptococci clinical isolates: MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry versus gene sequence-based identification.

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Published in PLoS One on March 17, 2015

Authors

Silvia Angeletti1, Giordano Dicuonzo1, Alessandra Avola1, Francesca Crea1, Etleva Dedej1, Francesca Vailati2, Claudio Farina2, Lucia De Florio1

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy.
2: Microbiology Institute, AO 'Papa Giovanni XXIII' (formerly AO 'Ospedali Riuniti') of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy.

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