aRazi Clinical Research Development Unit, Razi Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht

bDepartment of Bacteriology and Virology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz

cDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr

dDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

eDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.

Correspondence to Dr Hadi Sedigh Ebrahim-Saraie, PhD, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. Tel: +98 13 33542460; fax: +98 13 33542460; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Received 3 May, 2022

Accepted 4 May, 2022