About the Authors

Christiane Cuny

cunych@rki.de

Affiliation National Reference Center for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Franziska Layer

Affiliation National Reference Center for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Robin Köck

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Guido Werner

Affiliation National Reference Center for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Wolfgang Witte

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC WW. Performed the experiments: CC FL. Analyzed the data: CC FL WW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK. Wrote the paper: CC WW. Discussion of results: GW.