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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus argenteus in the Netherlands: not a new arrival

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The authors would like to thank Angela de Haan and Frans Reubsaet of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) for their technical and laboratorial assistance with respect to the renewed culturing and analysis of the non-typable MLVA strains.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Leonie E. A. Bank & Petra F. G. Wolffs

  2. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    Thijs Bosch, Leo M. Schouls & Sandra Witteveen

  3. Department of Medical Microbiology and Medical Immunology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

    Annemarie J. L. Weersink & Roel H. T. Nijhuis

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Bank, L.E.A., Bosch, T., Schouls, L.M. et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus argenteus in the Netherlands: not a new arrival. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 40, 1583–1585 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-021-04204-7

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