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Short Report

Clonal Spread of Tetracycline Resistance Among Mycoplasma hominis Clinical Strains, Tunisia

Safa Boujemaa1 Group of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development. Institut Pasteur De Tunis, Université De Tunis El Manar, Tunis, TunisiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-0519
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Béhija Mlik1 Group of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development. Institut Pasteur De Tunis, Université De Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Helmi Mardassi2 Unit of Typing & Genetics of Mycobacteria, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development. Institut Pasteur De Tunis, Université De Tunis El Manar, Tunis, TunisiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-0764
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Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi1 Group of Mycoplasmas, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Biotechnology Development. Institut Pasteur De Tunis, Université De Tunis El Manar, Tunis, TunisiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 2093-2097 | Published online: 02 Jul 2020

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