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Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium for isolation and presumptive identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from human clinical specimens

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    J. Loulergue, C. de Gialluly, V. Morange & A. Holstein

  2. IFR 136-EA 3854 “Bactéries et risque maternofoetal” UFR Médecine, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, 2 bis Boulevard Tonnellé, 37032, Tours Cedex, France

    N. van der Mee-Marquet & R. Quentin

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Loulergue, J., de Gialluly, C., Morange, V. et al. Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium for isolation and presumptive identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from human clinical specimens. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 407–409 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0144-9

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