About the Authors

Paul Martijn den Reijer

p.denreijer@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Nicole Lemmens-den Toom

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Samantha Kant

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Susan V. Snijders

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Hélène Boelens

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mehri Tavakol

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Nelianne J. Verkaik

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Alex van Belkum

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Henri A. Verbrugh

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Willem J. B. van Wamel

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Critically revised the article for important intellectual content: NJV AB HAV WJBW. Conceived and designed the experiments: PMR WJBW. Performed the experiments: PMR NLT SK SVS HB MT. Analyzed the data: PMR NLT SK MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMR NJV. Wrote the paper: PMR.