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Use of ESwab in the Xpert® vanA/vanB PCR assay

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  1. Service de Bactériologie, APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Saint Louis-Lariboisière-Fernand Widal, Paris, France

    S. Rasoanandrasana, B. Berçot, L. Raskine, E. Cambau & H. Jacquier

  2. IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

    J.-W. Decousser, B. Berçot, E. Cambau & H. Jacquier

  3. Département de Microbiologie, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, APHP, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France

    J.-W. Decousser, C. Domrane & V. Fihman

  4. Service de Microbiologie, CHU de Caen, Caen, France

    V. Cattoir

  5. CNR Résistance aux Antibiotiques (Laboratoire Associé “Entérocoques”), Caen, France

    V. Cattoir

  6. Institut de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    A. Grillon

  7. Cerballiance Paris Sud, Wissous, France

    A. Lesenne

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Rasoanandrasana, S., Decousser, JW., Cattoir, V. et al. Use of ESwab in the Xpert® vanA/vanB PCR assay. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 36, 755–756 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-016-2818-2

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