About the Authors
- Jan-Willem H. Dik
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Ariane G. Dinkelacker
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Pepijn Vemer
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Unit of PharmacoEpidemiology & PharmacoEconomics, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Institute of Science in Healthy Aging & healthcaRE (SHARE), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Jerome R. Lo-Ten-Foe
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Mariëtte Lokate
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Bhanu Sinha
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Alex W. Friedrich
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* E-mail: alex.friedrich@umcg.nl
Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- Maarten J. Postma
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Unit of PharmacoEpidemiology & PharmacoEconomics, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Institute of Science in Healthy Aging & healthcaRE (SHARE), University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Competing Interests
BS has received a travel grant co-funded by Pfizer/Wyeth, and worked on projects in cooperation with Pathogenica Life Technologies, and Copan, the other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JD JL BS AF MP. Performed the experiments: JD AD ML. Analyzed the data: JD AD PV ML. Wrote the paper: JD JL BS AF MP.