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Comment
. 2009 Jan;15(1):136-7; author reply 136-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1501.071647.

SCCmec typing in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains of animal origin

Marc D Jansen, Adrienne T A Box, Ad C Fluit
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SCCmec typing in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains of animal origin

Marc D Jansen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jan.
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