About the Authors

Isabelle Bekeredjian-Ding

isabelle.bekeredjian-ding@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Sandra Foermer

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Carsten J. Kirschning

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

Marijo Parcina

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Klaus Heeg

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB-D KH. Performed the experiments: IB-D SF MP. Analyzed the data: IB-D MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK. Wrote the paper: IB-D.