Typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from nasal carriers

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 547-559

  Toshkova, K ^a   Savov, E ^b   Soedarmanto, I ^c   Lammler Ch ^c   Chankova, D ^a   Van Belkum, A ^d   Verbrugh, H A ^d   Van Leeuwen, W ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031279832     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80059-X     Document Type: Article

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