High Prevalence of Infectious Diseases and Drug-Resistant Microorganisms in Asylum Seekers Admitted to Hospital; No Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae until September 2015

• Sofanne J. Ravensbergen,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Mariëtte Lokate,

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

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• Darren Cornish,

  Affiliation Primary Health Care Centre for Asylum Seekers (Gezondheidscentrum Asielzoekers), Ter Apel, The Netherlands

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• Eveline Kloeze,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Alewijn Ott,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, Certe, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Alex W. Friedrich,

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

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• Rob van Hest,

  Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis Control, Regional Public Health Service Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Onno W. Akkerman,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Wiel C. de Lange,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Tjip S. van der Werf,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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• Erik Bathoorn,

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

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• Ymkje Stienstra

  * E-mail: y.stienstra@umcg.nl

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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