Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 45 with high rates of ciprofloxacin and tetracycline resistance in the residents and environments of long-term care facilities in Taiwan

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan.
• ² Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital, Yunlin County, Taiwan; Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ³ Infection Control Center, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁵ Yongen Nursing Home, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁶ Lukang Christian Nursing Home, Lukang, Taiwan.
• ⁷ Changhua Christian Hospital Erlin Nursing Home, Changhua, Taiwan.
• ⁸ Thanksgiving Nursing Home, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁹ Feng-Fung Nursing Home, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital and Medical College, Tainan,Taiwan.
• ¹¹ Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan.
• ¹² Infection Control Society of Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: hsporen@ntu.edu.tw.