Staphylococcus lugdunensis: clinical spectrum, antibiotic susceptibility, and phenotypic and genotypic patterns of 39 isolates.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Infect on January 01, 2006

Authors

C Hellbacher1, E Törnqvist, B Söderquist

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Diseases, Orebro University Hospital, Orebro, Sweden.

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