MRSA genotypes in Turkey: persistence over 10 years of a single clone of ST239.

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Published in J Infect on April 22, 2009

Authors

Emine Alp1, Corné H W Klaassen, Mehmet Doganay, Ulku Altoparlak, Kemalettin Aydin, Aynur Engin, Cigdem Kuzucu, Cuneyt Ozakin, Mehmet Ali Ozinel, Ozge Turhan, Andreas Voss

Author Affiliations

1: Erciyes University, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kayseri 38039, Turkey. ealp@erciyes.edu.tr

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