Recent Emergence of Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 398 in Human Blood Cultures

• Erwin Verkade ,

  * E-mail: everkade@amphia.nl

  Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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• Anneke M. C. Bergmans,

  Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Microbiology, Franciscus Hospital, Roosendaal, The Netherlands

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• Andries E. Budding,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Alex van Belkum,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, bioMérieux, Microbiology R and D, La Balme Les Grottes, France

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• Paul Savelkoul,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Anton G. Buiting,

  Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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• Jan Kluytmans

  Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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