Global distribution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin--positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 2006.

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on April 01, 2007

Authors

Anne Tristan1, Michele Bes, Helene Meugnier, Gerard Lina, Bülent Bozdogan, Patrice Courvalin, Marie-Elisabeth Reverdy, Mark C Enright, François Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne

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1: Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, INSERM, Lyon, France. anne.tristan@chu-lyon.fr

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