Predominance of Clostridium difficile Ribotypes 017 and 078 among Toxigenic Clinical Isolates in Southern Taiwan

• Yuan-Pin Hung,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

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• I-Hsiu Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hsiao-Ju Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Bo-Yang Tsai,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hsiao-Chieh Liu,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Experiment and Diagnosis, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hsiu-Chuan Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Experiment and Diagnosis, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Jen-Chieh Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yi-Hui Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, E-da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Pei-Jane Tsai ,

  * E-mail: winston3415@gmail.com (WCK); peijtsai@mail.ncku.edu.com (PJT)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Wen-Chien Ko

  * E-mail: winston3415@gmail.com (WCK); peijtsai@mail.ncku.edu.com (PJT)

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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