Decreasing prevalence of contamination with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) in retail chicken meat in the Netherlands

• Pepijn Huizinga ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pepijnhuizinga@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8107-8667

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• Marjolein Kluytmans-van den Bergh,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands, Amphia Academy Infectious Disease Foundation, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• John W. Rossen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Ina Willemsen,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands

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• Carlo Verhulst,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands

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• Paul H. M. Savelkoul,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Maastricht University Medical Center, Caphri School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infection Control, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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• Alexander W. Friedrich,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Silvia García-Cobos,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Reference and Research Laboratory on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-associated infections, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

  Affiliation University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Jan Kluytmans

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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