Lifestyle-Associated Risk Factors for Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in the Netherlands: An Exploratory Hospital-Based Case-Control Study

• Miranda M. L. van Rijen ,

  * E-mail: mvrijen@amphia.nl

  Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

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• Marjolein F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh,

  Affiliation Amphia Academy Infectious Disease Foundation, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands

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• Erwin J. M. Verkade,

  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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• Peter B. G. ten Ham,

  Affiliation Section Infectious Disease Control, Regional Health Authority, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Beth J. Feingold,

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jan A. J. W. 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 and Infection Control, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• on behalf of the CAM Study Group

  ¶Membership of the CAM Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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