The genes for Panton Valentine leukocidin (PVL) are conserved in diverse lines of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
- 31 July 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Microbes and Infection
- Vol. 10 (8) , 878-884
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2008.04.018
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