About the Authors

Silvia García-Cobos

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia García-Cobos, Robin Köck

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Robin Köck

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia García-Cobos, Robin Köck

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Alexander Mellmann

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

Julia Frenzel

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Alexander W. Friedrich

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

John W. A. Rossen

j.rossen@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGC RK AWF JWAR. Performed the experiments: SGC RK AM JF. Analyzed the data: SGC RK JWAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK AM AWF JWAR. Wrote the paper: SGC RK AM AWF JWAR.