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Comment
. 2014 May;174(5):825.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.37.

Identifying livestock-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the United States--reply

Joan A Casey  1 , Brian S Schwartz  2
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Identifying livestock-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the United States--reply

Joan A Casey et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 May.
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