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Colonization with Multiple Staphylococcus aureus Strains among Patients in European Intensive Care Units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A. L. A. Bloemendaal ,
A. C. Fluit ,
W. T. M. Jansen ,
M. R. Vriens ,
T. Ferry ,
J. M. Amorim ,
A. Pascual ,
S. Stefani ,
J. Papaparaskevas  and
I. H. M. Borei Rinkes
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A. L. A. Bloemendaal*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
A. C. Fluit
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
W. T. M. Jansen
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
M. R. Vriens
Affiliation:
Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
T. Ferry
Affiliation:
Faculté Laennec, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
J. M. Amorim
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Hospital Gérai de Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal
A. Pascual
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain
S. Stefani
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Catania, Italy
J. Papaparaskevas
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
I. H. M. Borei Rinkes
Affiliation:
Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
J. Verhoef
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
*
Department of Surgery, G04.228, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 CX, Utrecht, the Netherlands( [email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 9 , September 2009 , pp. 918 - 920
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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