About the Authors

Anne C. Teirlinck

Contributed equally to this work with: Anne C. Teirlinck, Matthew B. B. McCall

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Matthew B. B. McCall

Contributed equally to this work with: Anne C. Teirlinck, Matthew B. B. McCall

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Meta Roestenberg

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Anja Scholzen

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Rob Woestenenk

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Hematology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Quirijn de Mast

Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Andre J. A. M. van der Ven

Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Cornelus C. Hermsen

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Adrian J. F. Luty

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Robert W. Sauerwein

r.sauerwein@mmb.umcn.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACT MBBM CCH AJFL RWS. Performed the experiments: ACT MBBM MR QdM AJAMvdV. Analyzed the data: ACT MBBM AS RW CCH AJFL RWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RW. Wrote the paper: ACT MBBM AS AJFL RWS. Responsible for clinical aspects of the study: MR QdM AJAMvdV.