van Kleef-van Koeveringe, Stefanie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9500-3674
Matheeussen, Veerle https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2137-2068
Schuermans, Annette
De Koster, Sien https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5267-5080
Perales Selva, Natascha
Jansens, Hilde
De Coninck, Dieter
De Bruyne, Katrien https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7105-3001
Mensaert, Klaas
Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Marjolein https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6576-6408
Kluytmans, Jan
Goossens, Herman
Dhaeze, Wouter
Leroux-Roels, Isabel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5084-4696
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Article History
Received: 14 December 2022
Accepted: 31 October 2023
First Online: 16 November 2023
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the University Hospital Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium) (Belgian Registration Number B300210733784), the Ethics Committee of the University Hospital Ghent (Ghent, Belgium) (Belgian Registration Number B670201733428) and the Ethics Committee of the University Hospitals Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) (S59580 BD1 & S61353). The study was judged to be beyond the scope of the Law on Experiments on Humans, dated May 7th, 2004. Written or verbal informed consent for data collection and taking a perianal swab or faecal sample for microbiological culture was obtained from all participants or their legal representatives.
: The authors declare no competing interests.