About the Authors

Sanne van den Berg

s.vandenberg@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Corné P. de Vogel

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Alex van Belkum

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, bioMérieux, Microbiology R&D, La Balme les Grottes, France

Irma A. J. M. Bakker-Woudenberg

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

Alex van Belkum is employed by bioMérieux. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB AB IBW. Performed the experiments: SB CV. Analyzed the data: SB CV IBW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB IBW. Wrote the paper: SB CV AB IBW.