About the Authors
- Erwin Verkade
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* E-mail: everkade@amphia.nl
Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Anneke M. C. Bergmans
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Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Microbiology, Franciscus Hospital, Roosendaal, The Netherlands
- Andries E. Budding
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alex van Belkum
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, bioMérieux, Microbiology R and D, La Balme Les Grottes, France
- Paul Savelkoul
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Anton G. Buiting
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Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Jan Kluytmans
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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, VU University medical centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
Alex van Belkum declares that he is affiliated to bioMérieux. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EV A. Bergmans JK. Performed the experiments: EV A. Bergmans. Analyzed the data: EV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EV A. Bergmans A. Budding A. van Belkum PS A. Buiting JK. Wrote the paper: EV JK.