Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , May 2010

Epidemiology and molecular characteristics of community-associated methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from skin/soft tissue infections in a children's hospital in Beijing, China

  • Dejing Wu

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
    • ,
  • Qun Wang

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Affiliated to Guilin Medical College, Guilin 541004, China
    • ,
  • Yonghong Yang

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
    • ,
  • Wenjing Geng

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
    • ,
  • Qiang Wang

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
    • ,
  • Sangjie Yu

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
    • ,
  • Kaihu Yao

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
    • ,
  • Lin Yuan

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
    • ,
  • Xuzhuang Shen

      Affiliations

    • Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86-106-802-9717; fax: +86-106-802-9717.

Received 26 August 2009 ,Accepted 6 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.12.006

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