About the Authors

Barry B. Mook-Kanamori

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Daan Fritz

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Matthijs C. Brouwer

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Arie van der Ende

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Diederik van de Beek

d.vandebeek@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB. Performed the experiments: BM DF MB. Analyzed the data: BM DF MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AE DB. Wrote the paper: BM DF MB.