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Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in women from former Yugoslavia living in Switzerland

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank L. Beul, S. Burri, S. Droz, R. Kuhn and T. Löhri for technical assistance. The study complied with current Swiss law.

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Bern, Friedbühlstrasse 51, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    J. Marschall & K. Mühlemann

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    P. Dürig

  3. Effinger-Zentrum for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Effingerstrasse 45, 3008, Bern, Switzerland

    P. Dürig

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This data was presented in part at the Annual Assembly of the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases, Basel, Switzerland, 6–8 June 2005.

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Marschall, J., Dürig, P. & Mühlemann, K. Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in women from former Yugoslavia living in Switzerland. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 535–536 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0178-z

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