Characterization of Community Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Associated with Skin and Soft Tissue Infection in Beijing: High Prevalence of PVL⁺ ST398

• Chunjiang Zhao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chunjiang Zhao, Yingmei Liu

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Yingmei Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chunjiang Zhao, Yingmei Liu

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Mingze Zhao,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Pinggu Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Yali Liu,

  Affiliation Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Yong Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Hospital Affiliated to the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Hongbin Chen,

  Affiliation Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Qiuning Sun,

  Affiliation Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Huawei Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Pinggu Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Wei Jiang,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Hospital Affiliated to the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China

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• Yudong Liu,

  Affiliation Graduate Biomedical Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Shaomei Han,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China

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• Yingchun Xu,

  Affiliation Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Minjun Chen,

  Affiliation Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Bin Cao ,

  * E-mail: whuibj@gmail.com (HW); caobin1999@gmail.com (BC)

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

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• Hui Wang

  * E-mail: whuibj@gmail.com (HW); caobin1999@gmail.com (BC)

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

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