Sccmec typing and detection of visa-related genes in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus clinical strains from Kobe University Hospital, Japan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1149-1155

  Takata, Tetsuo ^a   Shirakawa, Toshiro ^a,b,e   Ito, Jun ^a   Okamoto, Asako ^a   Massi, Muh Nasrum ^c   Kinoshita, Shohiro ^d   Hatta, Mochammad ^c   Kawabata, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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EID: 33846786875     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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