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

Inge Tency

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 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

Rita Verhelst

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

Marleen Temmerman

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

Leen Vancoillie

Affiliation AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Ghent University/Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Ellen Decat

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

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: HV RV M. Trog M. Temmerman ED MV GL. Performed the experiments: HV RV M. Trog LV GL. Analyzed the data: HV RV LV PC MV GL. Wrote the paper: IT HV RV M. Trog M. Temmerman LV ED PC MV GL.