The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and Staphylococcal Chromosomal CassettemecLinkage: Convergence of Virulence and Resistance in the USA300 Clone of Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus
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- 1 June 2008
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 197 (11) , 1523-1530
- https://doi.org/10.1086/587907
Abstract
The epidemic character of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, especially the geographically widespread clone USA300, isKeywords
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