spa Typing of Staphylococcus aureus as a frontline tool in epidemiological typing.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on November 21, 2007

Authors

B Strommenger1, C Braulke, D Heuck, C Schmidt, B Pasemann, U Nübel, W Witte

Author Affiliations

1: Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Burgstr. 37, D-38855 Wernigerode, Germany. strommengerb@rki.de

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