Correction to: Folia Microbiol

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-017-0507-x

The published online version of this article contained a mistake. The correct affiliation of Alireza Ekrami should have been “Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran” . The authors regret this error.