About the Authors

Jenny A. Laverde Gomez

Affiliation Wernigerode Branch, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

Antoni P. A. Hendrickx

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

Rob J. Willems

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

Janetta Top

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

Irina Sava

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Johannes Huebner

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Wolfgang Witte

Affiliation Wernigerode Branch, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

Guido Werner

wernerg@rki.de

Affiliation Wernigerode Branch, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW JALG JH APAH JT. Performed the experiments: JALG CF. Analyzed the data: JALG GW JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JALG CF APAH JT RJW IS JH WW GW. Wrote the paper: JALG GW WW.