The trend of environmental and clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a hospital in Taiwan: Impact of USA300

Background: The environment may facilitate transmission of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the pathogen is frequently shed by patients. However, the molecular characteristics and genetic relatedness between clinical and environmental MRSA isolates remain...

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Main Authors: Chen-Hsin Yu, Sing Shen, Kuan-Ying A. Huang, Yhu-Chering Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S168411822100089X