Cross Border Comparison of MRSA Bacteraemia between The Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): A Cross-Sectional Study

• Brigitte A. G. L. van Cleef ,

  * E-mail: Brigitte.van.Cleef@rivm.nl

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and The Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

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• Birgit H. B. van Benthem,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and The Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Anja Haenen,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and The Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Jos Monen,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and The Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Inka Daniels-Haardt,

  Affiliation North Rhine-Westphalian Center for Health, Münster, Germany

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• Annette Jurke,

  Affiliation North Rhine-Westphalian Center for Health, Münster, Germany

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• Alexander W. Friedrich

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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