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Research Article

The decline of the impetigo epidemic caused by the epidemic European fusidic acid-resistant impetigo clone: an 11.5-year population-based incidence study from a community in Western Norway

Sverre Rørtveit From the Municipal Health Services of Austevoll, Bekkjarvik;Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of BergenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dag Harald SkutlabergDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen
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Nina LangelandDepartment of Clinical Science, University of Bergen;Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital
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Guri RortveitDepartment of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen;Research Unit for General Practice, Uni Research Health, Bergen, Norway
Pages 832-837 | Received 16 May 2014, Accepted 16 Jul 2014, Published online: 17 Sep 2014

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