Diversity of SCCmec Elements in Staphylococcus aureus as Observed in South-Eastern Germany

• Stefan Monecke ,

  * E-mail: monecke@rocketmail.com

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (IMMH), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, InfectoGnostics Research Campus, Jena, Germany

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• Lutz Jatzwauk,

  Affiliation Department of Hospital Infection Control, Dresden University Hospital, Dresden, Germany

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• Elke Müller,

  Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, InfectoGnostics Research Campus, Jena, Germany

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• Hedda Nitschke,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital Dresden Neustadt, Dresden, Germany

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• Katharina Pfohl,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (IMMH), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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• Peter Slickers,

  Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, InfectoGnostics Research Campus, Jena, Germany

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• Annett Reissig,

  Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, InfectoGnostics Research Campus, Jena, Germany

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• Antje Ruppelt-Lorz,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (IMMH), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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• Ralf Ehricht

  Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, InfectoGnostics Research Campus, Jena, Germany

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