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Dissemination of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 8 (USA300) in Taiwan.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jul 2024
Huang Y-C, Chen C-J, Kuo A-J, Hwang K-R, Chien C-C, Lee C-Y, Wu T-H, Ko W-C, Hsueh P-R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Taiwan, sequence type (ST) 239 and ST59 were two major clones among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates in the past two decades. USA300 (ST8) prevailed in the Americas but not in outside areas. Recently USA300 (ST8) emerged and was increasingly identified in Taiwan; we thus conducted an island-wide study to explore the role of USA300 among MRSA isolates. METHODS: One...
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