About the Authors
- Andries E. Budding
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* E-mail: d.budding@vumc.nl
Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection control, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Matthijs E. Grasman
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Anat Eck
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection control, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Johannes A. Bogaards
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection control, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Adriaan A. van Bodegraven
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Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Geriatrics, ORBIS medical center, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands
- Paul H. M. Savelkoul
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection control, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of medical microbiology, Maastricht University medical center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Competing Interests
AEB and PS have proprietary rights on the IS-pro platform technology. All other authors declare to have no competing interests. Potential competing interests do not alter the author's adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AB AvB PS. Performed the experiments: AB AvB MG. Analyzed the data: AB AE JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG. Wrote the paper: AB CV AvB PS AE.