Mobile elements in the evolution and spread of multiple-drug resistance in staphylococci

Drug Resistance Updates

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-58

  Firth, Neville ^a   Skurray, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0002107063     PISSN: 13687646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-7646(98)80214-8     Document Type: Review

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