About the Authors
- Brigitte A. van Cleef
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Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte A. van Cleef, Erwin J. M. Verkade
* E-mail: brigitte.van.cleef@rivm.nl
Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU-HEALTH Project PILGRIM of the 7th Framework Programme, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Erwin J. M. Verkade
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Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte A. van Cleef, Erwin J. M. Verkade
Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Mireille W. Wulf
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Affiliation PAMM Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
- Anton G. Buiting
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Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Andreas Voss
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Affiliations EU-HEALTH Project PILGRIM of the 7th Framework Programme, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Xander W. Huijsdens
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Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Wilfrid van Pelt
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Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Mick N. Mulders
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Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Jan A. Kluytmans
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BAvC EJV WvP JAK. Performed the experiments: BAvC EJV. Analyzed the data: BAvC EJV MNM JAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWW AGB AV XWH. Wrote the paper: BAvC EJV MWW AGB AV XWH MNM JAK.