About the Authors

Ina Willemsen

iwillemsen@amphia.nl

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

Stijn Oome

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

Carlo Verhulst

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

Annika Pettersson

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kees Verduin

Affiliation Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

Jan Kluytmans

Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IW JK. Performed the experiments: SO CV AP. Analyzed the data: IW JK SO AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP KV. Wrote the paper: IW JK. Made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work: IW SO CV AP KV JK. Commented on the manuscript at all stages and gave approval of the final version to be published: IW SO CV AP KV JK.