Characterization of Clonal Relatedness among the Natural Population of Staphylococcus aureus Strains by Using spa Sequence Typing and the BURP (Based upon Repeat Patterns) Algorithm

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology 46 ( 8 ): 2805 - 2808 , 2008