[1] Fac Laennec, Ctr Natl Ref Staphylocoques, INSERM E0230, F-69372 Lyon 08, France
[2] Univ Bath, Dept Biol & Biochem, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England
[3] Unilabs, Bioanalyt Riotton, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
[4] CHU Vaudois, Ctr Hosp Vaudois, Lab Bacteriol Med, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
[5] Tokyo Womens Med Univ, Dept Infect Dis, Tokyo, Japan