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Letter

Daptomycin non-susceptible, vancomycin intermediate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from a chronic leg ulcer, Italy

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Pages 955-957 | Received 19 Aug 2010, Accepted 29 Aug 2010, Published online: 14 Oct 2010

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