Clinical features, outcomes, and molecular characteristics of an outbreak of Staphylococcus haemolyticus infection, among a mass-burn casualty patient group, in a tertiary center in northern Taiwan

Background/purpose: We reported an outbreak of Staphylococcus haemolyticus (SH) infection in a group of young patients (mean age 21.6) simultaneously hospitalized due to a mass-burn incident. This study analyzed the clinical features of these patients and the microbiological characteristics of the o...

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Main Authors: Peng-Hao Chang, Tsui-Ping Liu, Po-Yen Huang, Shu-Yu Lin, Jung-Fu Lin, Chun-Fu Yeh, Shih-Cheng Chang, Ting-Shu Wu, Jang-Jih Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118218303025