About the Authors

Jennifer K. Bender

benderj@rki.de

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Division of Nosocomial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Carola Fleige

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Division of Nosocomial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Ingo Klare

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Division of Nosocomial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Stefan Fiedler

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Division of Nosocomial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Alexander Mischnik

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, and German Centre for Infection Research DZIF, Heidelberg, Germany

Nico T. Mutters

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, and German Centre for Infection Research DZIF, Heidelberg, Germany

Kate E. Dingle

Affiliations Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Guido Werner

Affiliation National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Division of Nosocomial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances, Department of Infectious Diseases, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JKB IK AM NTM KED GW. Data curation: JKB IK GW. Formal analysis: JKB SF. Funding acquisition: GW. Investigation: JKB CF SF AM NTM KED GW. Methodology: JKB CF IK SF GW. Project administration: JKB GW. Resources: IK AM NTM KED GW. Software: JKB GW. Supervision: GW. Validation: JKB CF SF GW. Visualization: JKB CF SF. Writing – original draft: JKB GW. Writing – review & editing: JKB IK SF AM NTM KED GW.