Disease-A-Month
Volume 54, Issue 12 , Pages 769-773 , December 2008

Microbiology and Laboratory Diagnosis of MRSA

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doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2008.09.006

Disease-A-Month
Volume 54, Issue 12 , Pages 769-773 , December 2008

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