Letter to the editor: Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA), Austria, 2013

Werner Ruppitsch; Stefanie Monschein; Sarah Lepuschitz; Franz Allerberger; Burkhard Springer

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Letter to the editor: Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA), Austria, 2013
Werner Ruppitsch¹ , Stefanie Monschein¹ , Sarah Lepuschitz¹ , Franz Allerberger¹ , Burkhard Springer¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Graz, Austria

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Citation style for this article: Ruppitsch Werner, Monschein Stefanie, Lepuschitz Sarah, Allerberger Franz, Springer Burkhard. Letter to the editor: Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA), Austria, 2013. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(46):pii=17-00758. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.46.17-00758 Received: 13 Nov 2017; Accepted: 15 Nov 2017

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Letter to the editor: Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA), Austria, 2013

Citation style for this article: <a href="/search?value1=Werner+Ruppitsch&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ruppitsch Werner</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stefanie+Monschein&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Monschein Stefanie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sarah+Lepuschitz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lepuschitz Sarah</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Franz+Allerberger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Allerberger Franz</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Burkhard+Springer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Springer Burkhard</a>. Letter to the editor: Livestock-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA), Austria, 2013. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(46):pii=17-00758. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.46.17-00758" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.46.17-00758</a> Received: 13 Nov 2017;   Accepted: 15 Nov 2017

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