Rocha, Jaqueline
Ferreira, Catarina
Mil-Homens, Dalila
Busquets, Antonio
Fialho, Arsénio M.
Henriques, Isabel
Gomila, Margarita
Manaia, Célia M.
Article History
Received: 8 September 2021
Accepted: 22 December 2021
First Online: 22 January 2022
Declarations
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: All experimental protocols were approved by Ethics Commission for Health Research of Universidade Católica Portuguesa and by an ethics committee at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto (CES 148/020). Clinical samples, including urine, faeces, blood and haemoculture samples were processed at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in accordance with the manual for good laboratory practices implemented in this health unit. There was no treatment of personal data and the biological samples are not related to any data that allows the identification of individuals and the ethics committee at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto therefore waived the need for consent from the patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.