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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 41, 2009 - Issue 6-7
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Epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): spa typing versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Sara Melin From the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, JönköpingCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sara Melin From the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, JönköpingCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sara Hæggman Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Sara Melin From the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, JönköpingCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sara Hæggman Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Barbro Olsson-Liljequist Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Maria Sjölund Present affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AtlantaUSA; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Central Hospital, Växjö
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Peter A. Nilsson Clinical microbiology and infection control, County Hospital, Halmstad
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Barbro Isaksson Department of Infection Control, University Hospital, Linköping
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Sture Löfgren From the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping
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Andreas Matussek From the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping; Unilabs, Laboratory Services, Göteborg, Sweden
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Pages 433-439 | Received 14 Sep 2008, Published online: 21 Jul 2009

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