Presence of the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Is Associated with Severity and Clinical Outcome of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in a Single Center Study in China

• Chuanling Zhang,

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou, China

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• Liang Guo,

  Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou, China

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• Xu Chu,

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou, China

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• Limeng Shen,

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou, China

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• Yuanyu Guo,

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou, China

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• Huali Dong,

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou, China

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• Jianfeng Mao,

  Affiliation Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Xiaoshan Hospital, Hangzhou, China

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• Stijn van der Veen

  * E-mail: stijnvanderveen@zju.edu.cn

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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