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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2023.012

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Genetic characterization of Aerococcus sp. 1KP-2016 strain isolated from a patient with bloodstream infection

Chaplin AV1,2, Chagina IA1, Pimenova AS1, Gadua NT1, Kargaltseva NM1, Borisova OYu1,2, Donskikh EE2, Kafarskaya LI2
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1 Gabrichevsky Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Andrey Viktorovich Chaplin
10 Admiral Makarov str., Moscow, 125212, Russia; oc.liamg@kidemoloko

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Author contribution: AV Chaplin — phylogenetic analysis, data analysis, manuscript authoring; IA Chagina, AS Pimenova, NT Gadua — microbiological studies, manuscript authoring; NM Kargaltseva, LI Kafarskaya — literature analysis, manuscript authoring; OYu Borisova — molecular genetic studies, data analysis, literature analysis, manuscript authoring; EE Donskikh — data analysis, literature analysis, manuscript authoring.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Gabrichevsky Research Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology (Minutes #28 of November 18, 2014); the patient signed a voluntary consent to participation in the study.

Received: 2023-03-22 Accepted: 2023-04-16 Published online: 2023-04-25
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