About the Authors

Christoph Lübbert

christoph.luebbert@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Karolin Wendt

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Jürgen Feisthammel

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Annette Moter

Affiliation Biofilm Center, German Heart Institute (Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, DHZB), Hindenburgdamm 30, D-12203 Berlin, Germany

Norman Lippmann

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 21, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Thilo Busch

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Joachim Mössner

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Albrecht Hoffmeister

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Unit, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Arne C. Rodloff

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, Liebigstr. 21, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL ACR. Performed the experiments: KW AM CL JF JM AH. Analyzed the data: CL KW AM NL TB ACR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM JM ACR. Wrote the paper: CL. Critical revision of the manuscript: CL KW JF AM NL TB JM AH ACR.