Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 20 , Pages 153-160 , 15 October 2009

Epidemiology and Virulence of Community-Associated MRSA

  • Adam D. Kennedy, Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Frank R. DeLeo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Frank R. DeLeo, Ph.D., Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S. 4th St., Hamilton, MT 59840. Tel.: 406-363-9448

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Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
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