Molecular Typing and Phenotype Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Blood in Taiwan

Wei-Yao Wang; Tzong-Shi Chiueh; Jun-Ren Sun; Shin-Ming Tsao; Jang-Jih Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030394

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Molecular Typing and Phenotype Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Blood in Taiwan

Wei-Yao Wang,

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Infectious Disease, Fong-Yuan Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Tzong-Shi Chiueh,

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Jun-Ren Sun,

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Shin-Ming Tsao,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology and Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Jang-Jih Lu

* E-mail: janglu45@gmail.com

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Linkou Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Molecular Typing and Phenotype Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Blood in Taiwan

Wei-Yao Wang,
Tzong-Shi Chiueh,
Jun-Ren Sun,
Shin-Ming Tsao,
Jang-Jih Lu

Published: January 23, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030394

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