About the Authors

Mathias Herrmann

mathias.herrmann@uks.eu

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

Christine Petit

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

Alik Dawson

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

Judith Biechele

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

Alexander Halfmann

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

Lutz von Müller

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

Stefan Gräber

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry, Epidemiology, and Medical Informatics, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany

Stefan Wagenpfeil

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry, Epidemiology, and Medical Informatics, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany

Renate Klein

Affiliation Saarland Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Women, and Family, Saarbrücken, Germany

Barbara Gärtner

Affiliation Institute and State Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH LvM RK. Performed the experiments: MH CP AD JB AH. Analyzed the data: MH CP AD JB LvM SG SW RK BG. Wrote the paper: MH BG.