Key Role for Clumping Factor B in Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization of Humans

• Heiman F. L Wertheim ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: h.wertheim@erasmusmc.nl

  address: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, National Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Evelyn Walsh,

  Affiliation Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Microbiology Department, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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• Roos Choudhurry,

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Damian C Melles,

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Hélène A. M Boelens,

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Helen Miajlovic,

  Affiliation Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Microbiology Department, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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• Henri A Verbrugh,

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Timothy Foster,

  Affiliation Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Microbiology Department, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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• Alex van Belkum

  Affiliation Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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