Potential of the polyvalent anti-Staphylococcus bacteriophage K for control of antibiotic-resistant staphylococci from hospitals.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on April 01, 2005

Authors

S O'Flaherty1, R P Ross, W Meaney, G F Fitzgerald, M F Elbreki, A Coffey

Author Affiliations

1: Dairy Products Research Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.

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