Molecular Evolutionary Pathways toward Two Successful Community-Associated but Multidrug-Resistant ST59 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineages in Taiwan: Dynamic Modes of Mobile Genetic Element Salvages

• Wei-Chun Hung,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Tsai-Wen Wan,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yu-Chia Kuo,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Tatsuo Yamamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Genomics, and Evolution, International Medical Education and Research Center, Niigata, Japan

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• Jui-Chang Tsai,

  Affiliations Institute of Medical Device and Imaging, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yu-Tzu Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Po-Ren Hsueh,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Lee-Jene Teng

  * E-mail: ljteng@ntu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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