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Evaluation of four selective agars and two enrichment broths in screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

S Böcher1, R Smyth, G Kahlmeter

  • 1National Center for Antimicrobials and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. sbc@ssi.dk

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|July 18, 2008
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