Detection and phylogeny of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in Taiwan

Abstract 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, w...

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Main Authors: Yhu-Chering Huang, Chih-Jung Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-019-0608-8