A sentinel fatal paediatric case of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canada.

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Published in Paediatr Child Health on April 01, 2007

Authors

Jason Brophy1, Yvonne Yau, Peter Cox, Kevin Katz, Ari Bitnun

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics.

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