Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile at a Medical Center in Taiwan: Persistence of Genetically Clustering of A⁻B⁺ Isolates and Increase of A⁺B⁺ Isolates

• Ju-Hsin Chia,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Chih Lai,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Lin-Hui Su,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• An-Jing Kuo,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Tsu-Lan Wu

  * E-mail: wutsulan@cgmh.org.tw

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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