About the Authors
- Stefan Monecke
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* E-mail: monecke@rocketmail.com
Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany
- Geoffrey Coombs
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine - WA, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Anna C. Shore
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Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- David C. Coleman
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Affiliation Microbiology Research Unit, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
- Patrick Akpaka
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Affiliation Department of Para-Clinical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
- Michael Borg
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Affiliation Infection Control Unit, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
- Henry Chow
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
- Margaret Ip
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
- Lutz Jatzwauk
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Affiliation Infection Control Unit, Dresden University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
- Daniel Jonas
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Freiburg University Medical Centre, Freiburg, Germany
- Kristina Kadlec
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Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany
- Angela Kearns
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Affiliation Staphylococcus Reference Unit, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom
- Frederic Laurent
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Affiliation Université Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Lyon, France
- Frances G. O'Brien
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Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Julie Pearson
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine - WA, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Antje Ruppelt
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Stefan Schwarz
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Affiliation Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany
- Elizabeth Scicluna
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Affiliation Infection Control Unit, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
- Peter Slickers
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Affiliation Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany
- Hui-Leen Tan
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine - WA, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Stefan Weber
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Affiliation Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Ralf Ehricht
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Affiliation Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany
Competing Interests
R. Ehricht, P. Slickers and, since March 14, 2011, S. Monecke are employees of Alere Technologies GmbH. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SM PS RE. Performed the experiments: AR HC KK JP H-LT. Analyzed the data: SM GC ACS DCC FGO SS RE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM GC ACS DCC FGO SS KK PA MB MI LJ DJ AK FL ES SW. Wrote the paper: SM GC ACS DCC RE.