Search better and you will find more: an important lesson in endoscope contamination

Koen van der Ploeg^{1

2}, Marco J Bruno¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Koen van der Ploeg et al. Endosc Int Open. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 17;11(4):E366-E367.

doi: 10.1055/a-2017-3933. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Koen van der Ploeg^{1

2}, Marco J Bruno¹

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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