MRSA Clonal Complex 22 Strains Harboring Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin (TSST-1) Are Endemic in the Primary Hospital in Gaza, Palestine

• Nahed Al Laham ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nahed Al Laham, José R. Mediavilla

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Public Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• José R. Mediavilla ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nahed Al Laham, José R. Mediavilla

  Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Liang Chen,

  Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Nahed Abdelateef,

  Affiliation The Central Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Gaza Strip, Palestine

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• Farid Abu Elamreen,

  Affiliation The Central Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Gaza Strip, Palestine

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• Christine C. Ginocchio,

  Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Lake Success, New York, United States of America, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York, United States of America

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• Denis Pierard,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

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• Karsten Becker,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

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• Barry N. Kreiswirth

  * E-mail: kreiswba@njms.rutgers.edu

  Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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