About the Authors

Cristina Amparo Hagmann

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Anna Maria Herzner

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Zeinab Abdullah

Affiliation Institutes of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Thomas Zillinger

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christopher Jakobs

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christine Schuberth

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christoph Coch

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Paul G. Higgins

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Hilmar Wisplinghoff

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Winfried Barchet

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Veit Hornung

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Cologne-Bonn, Germany

Gunther Hartmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Gunther Hartmann, Martin Schlee

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Cologne-Bonn, Germany

Martin Schlee

Contributed equally to this work with: Gunther Hartmann, Martin Schlee

martin.schlee@uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAH AMH TZ CC HW WB VH GH MS PGH. Performed the experiments: CAH AMH TZ CJ CS. Analyzed the data: CAH AMH TZ CC HW WB VH GH MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZA PGH. Wrote the paper: CAH AMH ZA CC WB VH GH MS PGH.