About the Authors
- Christian Sakellariou
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Sakellariou, Stephan Gürntke
Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany
- Stephan Gürntke
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Sakellariou, Stephan Gürntke
Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany
- Ivo Steinmetz
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Affiliation Friedrich Loffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Universitaetsmedizin Greifswald, Martin-Luther-Str.6, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- Christian Kohler
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Affiliation Friedrich Loffler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Universitaetsmedizin Greifswald, Martin-Luther-Str.6, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- Yvonne Pfeifer
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Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, FG13 Nosocomial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance, 38855, Wernigerode, Germany
- Petra Gastmeier
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Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany
- Frank Schwab
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Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany
- Axel Kola
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Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany
- Maria Deja
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203, Berlin, Germany
- Rasmus Leistner
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* E-mail: rasmus.leistner@charite.de
Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, National Reference Center for the Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CS SG CK YP RL. Performed the experiments: CS SG CK YP RL. Analyzed the data: RL FS MD PG CS SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK YP AK. Wrote the paper: CS SG RL PG MD. Investigation: IS. Supervision: IS.