About the Authors

Sandor Klis

S.klis@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Service, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Ymkje Stienstra

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Service, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Richard O. Phillips

Affiliation Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Kabiru Mohammed Abass

Affiliation Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo, Ghana

Wilson Tuah

Affiliation Nkawie-Toase Government Hospital, Nkawie, Ghana

Tjip S. van der Werf

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Service, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TSvdW YS SK ROP. Performed the experiments: SK WT KMA. Analyzed the data: SK TSvdW YS. Wrote the paper: SK TSvdW YS.