High diversity of Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive, methicillin-susceptible isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and implications for the evolution of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus
- 31 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Clinical Microbiology & Infection
- Vol. 13 (12), 1157-1164
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01833.x
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