About the Authors

Hans Linde Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Henrik Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Tove Ejlertsen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Jørgen Engberg

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark

Dorothee Günzel

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Martin Zeitz

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Division of General Medicine and Nutrition, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Nina A. Hering

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Division of General Medicine and Nutrition, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Michael Fromm

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Jörg-Dieter Schulzke

joerg.schulzke@charite.de

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Division of General Medicine and Nutrition, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Roland Bücker

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Division of General Medicine and Nutrition, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB J-DS HLN HN. Performed the experiments: HLN RB. Analyzed the data: RB HLN NAH DG J-DS MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HLN HN MF RB TE JE MZ. Wrote the paper: HLN RB.