About the Authors

Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago

Guido.LopesdosSantosSantiago@ugent.be

Affiliation Laboratory for Bacteriology Research, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Piet Cools

Affiliation Laboratory for Bacteriology Research, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Hans Verstraelen

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Marijke Trog

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Griet Missine

Affiliation Laboratory for Bacteriology Research, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Nabil El Aila

Affiliation Laboratory for Bacteriology Research, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Rita Verhelst

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Inge Tency

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Geert Claeys

Affiliation Laboratory Clinical Biology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Marleen Temmerman

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Mario Vaneechoutte

Affiliation Laboratory for Bacteriology Research, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RV HV MV M. Trog M. Temmerman GC IT GL. Performed the experiments: MT HV RV GC GM GL. Analyzed the data: PC GM RV MV GL. Wrote the paper: MV M. Trog M. Temmerman HV RV PC IT NE GL.