Vancomycin resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcal isolates from HIV positive patients in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
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1 AIDS Virus Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Venda, South Africa. 2 College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa. 3 Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Medical School, Tohoku University, Tohoku, Japan. 4 Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa. 5 Division of Academic Affairs, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
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