About the Authors

Nana Ama Amissah

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Corinna Glasner

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Anthony Ablordey

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Caitlin S. Tetteh

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Nana Konama Kotey

Affiliation Pakro Health Centre, Ghana Health Service, Pakro, Ghana

Isaac Prah

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

Tjip S. van der Werf

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

John W. Rossen

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Jan Maarten van Dijl

j.m.van.dijl01@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Ymkje Stienstra

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAA CG AA JMvD TSvdW YS. Performed the experiments: NAA CST IP. Analyzed the data: NAA, CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMvD NKK AA TSvdW YS. Wrote the paper: NAA CG AA TSvdW JWR JMvD YS.