About the Authors

Philip G. Ferstl

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

philip.ferstl@kgu.de

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine I / Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Natalie Filmann

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany

Eva-Maria Heilgenthal

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine I / Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Andreas A. Schnitzbauer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Wolf O. Bechstein

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Volkhard A. J. Kempf

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, University Center for Infectious Diseases (UCI), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, University Center of Competence for Infection Control of the State of Hesse, Frankfurt Main, Germany

David Villinger

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, University Center for Infectious Diseases (UCI), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, University Center of Competence for Infection Control of the State of Hesse, Frankfurt Main, Germany

Tilman G. Schultze

Roles Resources, Software

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, University Center for Infectious Diseases (UCI), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, University Center of Competence for Infection Control of the State of Hesse, Frankfurt Main, Germany

Michael Hogardt

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, University Center for Infectious Diseases (UCI), University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, University Center of Competence for Infection Control of the State of Hesse, Frankfurt Main, Germany

Christoph Stephan

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine II / Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Haitham Mutlak

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Nina Weiler

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine I / Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Marcus M. Mücke

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine I / Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Jonel Trebicka

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine I / Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Stefan Zeuzem

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine I / Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Oliver Waidmann

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine I / Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Martin-Walter Welker

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department for Internal Medicine I / Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

Philip G. Ferstl, Consultancies: SNIPR Biome. Wolf O. Bechstein: Consultancies/speaker fees: Astellas, Chiesi, Gore Deutschland, Medupdate GmbH, MCI, MCN, Novartis. Michael Hogardt, Grants: Gilead, Kirmser Foundation, German CF Foundation; Speaker’s fees: Thieme Science, Chiesi GmbH. Haitham Mutlak, Speaker’s fees: Orion Pharma, Löwenstein Medical, Pfizer, Getinge. Christoph Stephan, Speaker’s fees: AbbVie, LÄK-Hessen, Gilead, Hexal, Janssen, MSD, Pfizer, Roche, TAD, ViiV; Consultancies: AbbVie, Gilead, Janssen, MSD, ViiV. Nina Weiler, Consultancy: Astellas and Novartis, Travel support: AbbVie, Astellas, Biotest, and Novartis. Jonel Trebicka, Speaker’s fees and/or consultancies: Gore, Bayer, Alexion, MSD, Gilead, Intercept, Norgine, Grifols, Versantis, and Martin Pharmaceutical. Stefan Zeuzem: Speaker’s fees: Abbvie, Gilead, Merck/MSD, Consultancy: Abbvie, Gilead, Intercept, Janssen. Oliver Waidmann, Consultancies: Amgen, Bayer, BMS, Celgene, Eisai, Incyte, Ipsen, Merck Serono, MSD, Novartis, Roche, Servier, Shire; Speaker’s fees: Bayer, BMS, Celgene, Eisai, Ipsen, Novartis, Roche, Shire; Travel support: Abbvie, Bayer, BMS, Gilead, Ipsen, Merck; Grants: Basilea, Incyte, Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung, Medac, Merck Serono, MSD. Martin-Walter Welker, Consultancies / speaker’s fees: AbbVie, Amgen, Bayer, Chiesis, BMS, Gilead, Novartis, Roche; Travel Support: AbbVie, Astellas, Bayer, BMS, Novartis, Janssen, Roche. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.