About the Authors
- Alexander Mellmann
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Affiliation Institute for Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
- Alexander W Friedrich
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Affiliation Institute for Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
- Nicole Rosenkötter
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Affiliation Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
- Jörg Rothgänger
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Affiliation Ridom GmbH, Würzburg, Germany
- Helge Karch
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Affiliation Institute for Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
- Ralf Reintjes
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Affiliation Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
- Dag Harmsen
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dharmsen@uni-muenster.de
Affiliation Department of Periodontology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
Competing Interests
JR, HK, and DH have declared a potential conflict of interest. JR and DH are the developers of the Ridom StaphType software mentioned in the manuscript. The software is distributed and sold by the company Ridom GmbH that is partially owned by them. HK is a scientific advisor of this company. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
AM, AWF, HK, and DH designed the study. AM, AWF, NR, JR, RR, and DH analyzed the data. AM, AWF, NR, HK, RR, and DH contributed to writing the paper. HK supervised the clinical sample and data collection. AWF headed the ICP team. AM did the laboratory identification and strain analysis. JR and DH developed the Ridom StaphType software. AM and DH wrote the main part of the paper. All authors gave useful comment on the analysis of data and text of the manuscript.