Genetic Variability in Beta-Defensins Is Not Associated with Susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

• Peder Fode,

  Affiliation Department for Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Anders Rhod Larsen,

  Affiliation Department for Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Bjarke Feenstra,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiological Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Cathrine Jespersgaard,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Robert Leo Skov,

  Affiliation Department for Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Marc Stegger,

  Affiliation Department for Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Vance G. Fowler Jr,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• the Danish SAB Study Group Consortium ,

  ¶Membership of the Danish SAB Study Group Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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• Paal Skytt Andersen

  * E-mail: psa@ssi.dk

  Affiliation Department for Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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