About the Authors

Daniela C. Kroy

Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Lisa Hebing

Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Leif E. Sander

Affiliations Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Nikolaus Gassler

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Stephanie Erschfeld

Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Sara Sackett

Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Oliver Galm

Affiliation Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Christian Trautwein

Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Konrad L. Streetz

kstreetz@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCK KLS. Performed the experiments: DCK LH SE. Analyzed the data: DCK KLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCK LES SS NG OG CT KLS. Wrote the paper: DCK LES OG CT KLS.