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Optimization of Detection and Yield of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Phage Type III-29

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Johan H.T. Wagenvoort ,
Theo J. Werink ,
Jozef M.H. Gronenschild  and
Benjamin I. Davies
Johan H.T. Wagenvoort
Affiliation:
De Wever Hospital Heerlen, The Netherlands
Theo J. Werink
Affiliation:
De Wever Hospital Heerlen, The Netherlands
Jozef M.H. Gronenschild
Affiliation:
De Wever Hospital Heerlen, The Netherlands
Benjamin I. Davies
Affiliation:
De Wever Hospital Heerlen, The Netherlands
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , April 1996 , pp. 208 - 209
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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