MRSA USA300 Clone and VREF - A US-Colombian Connection?

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作者
Arias, Cesar A. [1 ]
Rincon, Sandra [2 ]
Chowdhury, Shahreen [1 ]
Martinez, Ernesto [3 ]
Coronell, Wilfrido [4 ]
Reyes, Jinnethe [2 ]
Nallapareddy, Sreedhar R.
Murray, Barbara E. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Texas Houston, Sch Med, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Univ Bosque, Bogota, Colombia
[3] Hosp Univ Valle, Cali, Colombia
[4] Hosp Bocagrande, Cartagena, Colombia
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10.1056/NEJMc0804021
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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