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Epidemiology, Control and Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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    Georg Peters & Karsten Becker

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Peters, G., Becker, K. Epidemiology, Control and Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Drugs 52 (Suppl 2), 50–54 (1996). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199600522-00011

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