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Detection and phylogeny of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in Taiwan.
Journal of biomedical science - 3 Jan 2020
Huang Yhu-Chering, Chen Chih-Jung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 is a livestock associated-bacterium that is most prevalent in Europe. Human-adapted MRSA ST398 was recently reported from China, but there is no data available yet for Taiwan. METHODS: To identify S. aureus ST398 isolates, we examined 6413 S. aureus isolates (5632 MRSA and 781 susceptible strains) that were collected in Taiwan between 1995 and...
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