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spellingShingle Wassilew, Nasstasja, Rolli, Eveline, Fietze, Yvonne, Casanova, Carlo, Seth-Smith, Helena, Egli, Adrian, Marschall, Jonas, Buetti, Niccolo, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 1255. First Outbreak Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Epidemic Clone ST796 in Europe, Infectious Diseases, Oncology
title 1255. First Outbreak Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Epidemic Clone ST796 in Europe
title_full 1255. First Outbreak Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Epidemic Clone ST796 in Europe
title_fullStr 1255. First Outbreak Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Epidemic Clone ST796 in Europe
title_full_unstemmed 1255. First Outbreak Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Epidemic Clone ST796 in Europe
title_short 1255. First Outbreak Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Epidemic Clone ST796 in Europe
title_sort 1255. first outbreak due to vancomycin-resistant enterococcus epidemic clone st796 in europe
title_unstemmed 1255. First Outbreak Due to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Epidemic Clone ST796 in Europe
topic Infectious Diseases, Oncology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1088