Closely Related NDM-1-Encoding Plasmids from Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan

• Chao-Ju Chen,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Tsu-Lan Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Po-Liang Lu,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ying-Tsong Chen,

  Affiliations Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

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• Chang-Phone Fung,

  Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yin-Ching Chuang,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Jung-Chung Lin ,

  * E-mail: linjungchung1@yahoo.com.tw

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

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• L. Kristopher Siu

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

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