Importance of Multifaceted Approaches in Infection Control: A Practical Experience from an Outbreak Investigation

Nina Katharina Stock; Petr Petráš; Oto Melter; Gabriela Kapounová; Petra Vopalková; Jan Kubele; Václav Vaniš; Jan Tkadlec; Eva Bukáčková; Ivana Machová; Vlastimil Jindrák

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157981

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Importance of Multifaceted Approaches in Infection Control: A Practical Experience from an Outbreak Investigation

Nina Katharina Stock ,

* E-mail: nkstock2015@gmail.com (NKS); vlastimil.jindrak@gmail.com (VJ)

Current address: Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Germany

Affiliations National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Prague, Czech Republic, European Program for Public Health Microbiology (EUPHEM), ECDC, Stockholm, Sweden
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Petr Petráš,

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Prague, Czech Republic
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Oto Melter,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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Gabriela Kapounová,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Antibiotic Centre, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Petra Vopalková,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Antibiotic Centre, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jan Kubele,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Antibiotic Centre, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Václav Vaniš,

Affiliations National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Antibiotic Centre, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jan Tkadlec,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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Eva Bukáčková,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic
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Ivana Machová,

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Prague, Czech Republic
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Vlastimil Jindrák

* E-mail: nkstock2015@gmail.com (NKS); vlastimil.jindrak@gmail.com (VJ)

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Prague, Czech Republic
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Importance of Multifaceted Approaches in Infection Control: A Practical Experience from an Outbreak Investigation

Nina Katharina Stock,
Petr Petráš,
Oto Melter,
Gabriela Kapounová,
Petra Vopalková,
Jan Kubele,
Václav Vaniš,
Jan Tkadlec,
Eva Bukáčková,
Ivana Machová

Published: June 20, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157981

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