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Emergence of a new clone carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Greece

Vassiliki Chini From the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras
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Efthimia Petinaki Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Thessalia, Larissa, Greece
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Héléne Meugnier Faculté Laennec, INSERM U851Centre National de Référence des StaphylocoquesUniversité Lyon, Lyon, France
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Antigoni Foka From the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras
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Michele Bes Faculté Laennec, INSERM U851Centre National de Référence des StaphylocoquesUniversité Lyon, Lyon, France
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Jerome Etienne Faculté Laennec, INSERM U851Centre National de Référence des StaphylocoquesUniversité Lyon, Lyon, France
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George Dimitracopoulos From the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras
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Iris Spiliopoulou From the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, PatrasCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 368-372 | Received 18 Jun 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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