Affiliation: | 1. Second Department of Internal Medicine‐Propaedeutic, Research Institute and Diabetes Center, Attikon University Hospital, Athens University Medical School, , Athens, Greece;2. Endocrine Unit, Second Department of Internal Medicine‐Propaedeutic, Research Institute and Diabetes Center, Attikon University Hospital, Athens University Medical School, , Athens, Greece;3. Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, , Athens, Greece;4. Experimental Research Laboratory “N.S Christeas”, Athens University Medical School, , Athens, Greece;5. Hellenic National Diabetes Center for the Prevention, Research and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications (H.N.D.C), , Athens, Greece |