About the Authors

Dorothea Nillius

dorothea.nillius@gmx.de

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Centre, Homburg, Germany

Lutz von Müller

Current address: Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology and Hygiene (LMH), Christophorus-Kliniken GmbH, Coesfeld, Germany

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Centre, Homburg, Germany

Stefan Wagenpfeil

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry, Epidemiology, and Medical Informatics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

Renate Klein

Affiliation Saarland Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Women, and Family, Saarbrücken, Germany

Mathias Herrmann

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Centre, Homburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN MH. Performed the experiments: DN. Analyzed the data: DN SW LvM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK MH. Wrote the paper: DN MH.