Vol 68, No 1 (2017)
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Published online: 2017-03-30

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Possible outbreak of skin infections due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a commercial ship in 2012–2014

Etienne Bon, Kheira Gadouri, Catherine Avril, Guillaume Camuset, Elsa Balleydier, isabelle Mathieu, Sandrine Picot, Julien Jaubert, Richard Ballas, Mélanie Colomb-Cotinat, Anne Tristan, Coralie Bouchiat, Laurent Filleul, Frédéric Pagès
Pubmed: 28357840
IMH 2017;68(1):70-71.

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