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Detection of optrA-positive enterococci clinical isolates in Belgium

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We would like to thank the Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA, Belgium), the National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci of the Institute Robert Koch (Germany), the Nation Food Institute of the Technical University of Denmark (Denmark), the “Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques” of “Hospices Civils de Lyon” (France) and the University of Florence (Italy) for the supply of positive control strains for this study.

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    M. Angeles Argudín, S. Youzaga, M. Dodémont, A. Heinrichs, S. Roisin, A. Deplano, C. Nonhoff & M. Hallin

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Argudín, M.A., Youzaga, S., Dodémont, M. et al. Detection of optrA-positive enterococci clinical isolates in Belgium. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 38, 985–987 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03504-3

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