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Original Article

Penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: susceptibility testing, resistance rates and outcome of infection

Malin Hagstrand AldmanSkåne University Hospital, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Lund, Sweden; ;Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden; View further author information
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Annette SkovbyDivision of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, SwedenView further author information
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Lisa I. PåhlmanDivision of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 454-460 | Received 12 Oct 2016, Accepted 03 Jan 2017, Published online: 30 Jan 2017

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