Classification of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Mec (SCCmec): Guidelines for Reporting Novel SCCmec Elements

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Journal Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 2009 Sep 2

PMID 19721075

Citations 363

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