Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus encode tst on genetic elements related to S1. aureus pathogenicity island-1 (SaPI 1)

International Congress and Symposium Series - Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn , Issue 229, 1998, Pages 137-139

  Lindsay, J ^a   Novtck, R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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