The arginine catabolic mobile element and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec linkage: convergence of virulence and resistance in the USA300 clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in J Infect Dis on June 01, 2008

Authors

Binh An Diep1, Gregory G Stone, Li Basuino, Christopher J Graber, Alita Miller, Shelley-Ann des Etages, Alison Jones, Amy M Palazzolo-Ballance, Françoise Perdreau-Remington, George F Sensabaugh, Frank R DeLeo, Henry F Chambers

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1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco 94110, USA.

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