Epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Recent clonal expansion and diversification

By A. Kennedy, M. Otto, K. Braughton, Adeline R. Whitney, Liang Chen, B. Mathema, J. Mediavilla, K. Byrne, Larye Parkins, F. Tenover and 3 more. 2008

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Subfields: Clinical Biochemistry, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology

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In Clinical Biochemistry

1. Victor J. Torres
2. Martin C. J. Maiden
3. Keith A. Jolley
4. F. Tenover

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1. Victor J. Torres
2. Ashley L. DuMont
3. Bo Shopsin
4. Martin C. J. Maiden
5. M. A. Benson
6. F. Tenover
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2. Keith A. Jolley
3. Martin C. J. Maiden
4. Ashley L. DuMont
5. K. Bayles
6. Bo Shopsin
7. M. A. Benson
8. F. Tenover

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