Tamez-Torres, Karla M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-1079
Ponce-de-Leon, Alfredo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-2916
Torres-Gonzalez, Pedro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2944-2721
Perez-Garcia, Esteban
Torres-Veintimilla, Estefania
Valle, Miriam Bobadilla-del
Sifuentes-Osornio, Jose https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9584-1360
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (289673)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2019
Accepted: 3 March 2020
First Online: 13 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This work received a grant from the National Council of Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, CONACYT) through the Sectoral Fund for Health and Social Security Research (Fondo Sectorial de Investigación en Salud y Seguridad Social, FOSISS) 2017 [Grant Number 289673].None of the authors received payment specifically for the realization of this work.
: Each subject signed a written Informed Consent letter for the participation in the study as well as for the management of their personal data. Results from cultures was anonymized and only a consecutive laboratory number was used for sample identification. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee (Comisión Institucional de Ética en Investigación en Humanos, reference number 2868) and in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.