Sharing More than Friendship — Nasal Colonization with Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci (CPS) and Co-Habitation Aspects of Dogs and Their Owners

• Birgit Walther ,

  * E-mail: walther.birgit@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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• Julia Hermes,

  Affiliation Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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• Christiane Cuny,

  Affiliation National Reference Centre for Staphylococci, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Germany

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• Lothar H. Wieler,

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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• Szilvia Vincze,

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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• Yassmin Abou Elnaga,

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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• Ivonne Stamm,

  Affiliation Vet Med Labor GmbH, Division of IDEXX Laboratories, Ludwigsburg, Germany

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• Peter A. Kopp,

  Affiliation Vet Med Labor GmbH, Division of IDEXX Laboratories, Ludwigsburg, Germany

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• Barbara Kohn,

  Affiliation Clinic of Small Animals, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Wolfgang Witte,

  Affiliation National Reference Centre for Staphylococci, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Germany

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• Andreas Jansen,

  Affiliation Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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• Franz J. Conraths,

  Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Wusterhausen, Germany

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• Torsten Semmler,

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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• Tim Eckmanns,

  Affiliation Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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• Antina Lübke-Becker

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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