About the Authors

Gabor Erdoes

gabor.erdoes@insel.ch

Affiliation University Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Maria L. Balmer

Affiliation University Bern, Department of Clinical Research, Gastroenterology, Maurice E Müller Laboratories, Bern, Switzerland

Emma Slack

Affiliations University Bern, Department of Clinical Research, Gastroenterology, Maurice E Müller Laboratories, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Istvan Kocsis

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary

Lutz E. Lehmann

Affiliation University Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Balthasar Eberle

Affiliation University Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Frank Stüber

Affiliation University Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Malte Book

Affiliation University Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GE MB IK FS. Performed the experiments: MLB ES. Analyzed the data: GE MB ES IK LEL BE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLB ES FS. Wrote the paper: GE MB ES LEL BE.