Detection of a new mecC allotype, mecC2, in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus saprophyticus
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku043