Prevalence of genes encoding bi-component leukocidins among clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-14

  Havaei, S A ^a   Ohadian Moghadam, S ^a   Pourmand, M R ^b   Faghri, J ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bi component leukocidin; Iran; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcal infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749344716     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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