Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among isolates from hospitalised patients in China.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Infect on January 07, 2008

Authors

F Yu1, Z Chen, C Liu, X Zhang, X Lin, S Chi, T Zhou, Z Chen, X Chen

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1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China. wzjxyfy@163.com

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