Viridans Group Streptococci Clinical Isolates: MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry versus Gene Sequence-Based Identification

• Silvia Angeletti ,

  * E-mail: s.angeletti@unicampus.it

  Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Giordano Dicuonzo,

  Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Alessandra Avola,

  Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Francesca Crea,

  Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Etleva Dedej,

  Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Francesca Vailati,

  Affiliation Microbiology Institute, AO ‘Papa Giovanni XXIII’ (formerly AO ‘Ospedali Riuniti’) of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

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• Claudio Farina,

  Affiliation Microbiology Institute, AO ‘Papa Giovanni XXIII’ (formerly AO ‘Ospedali Riuniti’) of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

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• Lucia De Florio

  Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

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