About the Authors

Malte Bachmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Malte Bachmann, Katharina Horn

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Katharina Horn

Contributed equally to this work with: Malte Bachmann, Katharina Horn

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Ina Rudloff

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Itamar Goren

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Martin Holdener

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Urs Christen

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Nicole Darsow

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Klaus-Peter Hunfeld

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, Institute for Laboratory Medicine, North West Medical Centre, Frankfurt, Germany

Ulrike Koehl

Affiliation Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Peter Kind

Affiliation Dermatohistological Laboratory Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany

Josef Pfeilschifter

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Peter Kraiczy

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Heiko Mühl

H.Muehl@em.uni-frankfurt.de

Affiliation pharmazentrum frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Bachmann, H. Mühl. Performed the experiments: M. Bachmann, K. Horn, I. Rudloff, I. Goren, M. Holdener, N. Darsow, U. Koehl. Analyzed the data: M. Bachmann, K. Horn, I. Rudloff, I. Goren, M. Holdener, U. Christen, K-P. Hunsfeld, U. Koehl, P. Kraiczy, H. Mühl. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: U. Christen, P. Kind, J. Pfeilschifter, P. Kraiczy. Wrote the paper: H. Mühl.