Livestock-Associated MRSA Carriage in Patients without Direct Contact with Livestock

• Miranda M. L. van Rijen ,

  * E-mail: mvrijen@amphia.nl (MvR); jankluytmans@gmail.com (JK)

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

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• Thijs Bosch,

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, 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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• Leo Schouls,

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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• Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans ,

  * E-mail: mvrijen@amphia.nl (MvR); jankluytmans@gmail.com (JK)

  Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection ControlJK, VUmc Medical University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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• on behalf of the CAM Study Group