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M Tonelli¹, K A Knutsson², F Buffoli³, S Carletti¹, F Gona¹, E Scifo³, P Rizzi³, A Prigitano⁴, M Sampaolo¹, N Clementi^{1

3}, P Rama², N Mancini^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Milan, Italy.
² IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Cornea and Ocular Surface Unit, Milan, Italy.
³ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Università degli studi di Milano, Medical Micology Laboratory, Milan, Italy.

M Tonelli et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 20;61(7):e0007523.

doi: 10.1128/jcm.00075-23. Epub 2023 Jul 20.

M Tonelli¹, K A Knutsson², F Buffoli³, S Carletti¹, F Gona¹, E Scifo³, P Rizzi³, A Prigitano⁴, M Sampaolo¹, N Clementi^{1

3}, P Rama², N Mancini^{1

3}

¹ IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Milan, Italy.
² IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Cornea and Ocular Surface Unit, Milan, Italy.
³ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Università degli studi di Milano, Medical Micology Laboratory, Milan, Italy.

Abstract

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Keywords: cornea; keratitis; scraping.

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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