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Resistance status of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the island of Crete, Greece

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  1. Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, 712 01, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    I. K. Neonakis, Z. Gitti, M. Baritaki, S. Maraki & D. A. Spandidos

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece

    I. S. Kourbeti

  3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    S. Baritaki & D. A. Spandidos

  4. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

    E. Petinaki

  5. Microbiology and Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece

    E. Krambovitis

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Neonakis, I.K., Gitti, Z., Baritaki, M. et al. Resistance status of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the island of Crete, Greece. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 26, 607–609 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-007-0341-1

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