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Müller-Premru, M., Strommenger, B., Alikadic, N. et al. New strains of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with Panton–Valentine leukocidin causing an outbreak of severe soft tissue infection in a football team. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 24, 848–850 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-005-0048-0
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