Superantigen Toxin Genes Coexist with SCCmec in MRSA
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161 Received July 8, 2011; revision accepted for publication September 13, 2011. doi: 10.1620/tjem.225.161 Correspondence: Dong-Liang Hu, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. e-mail: [email protected] Superantigenic Toxin Genes Coexist with Specific Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Genes in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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