About the Authors

Elisabeth M. Terveer

e.m.terveer@lumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Roel H. T. Nijhuis

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Monique J. T. Crobach

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Cornelis W. Knetsch

Current address: DDL Diagnostic Laboratory, Rijswijk, the Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Karin E. Veldkamp

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Jairo Gooskens

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Ed J. Kuijper

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Eric C. J. Claas

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EMT RHTN ECJC EJK. Data curation: EMT RHTN MJTC CWK. Formal analysis: EMT RHTN MJTC CWK. Funding acquisition: MJTC EJK. Investigation: EMT. Methodology: EMT RHTN EJK ECJC. Project administration: EMT EJK ECJC. Resources: EMT MJTC. Supervision: EJK ECJC. Validation: EMT RHTN MJTC. Visualization: EMT RHTN CWK MJTC. Writing – original draft: EMT RHTN CWK MJTC. Writing – review & editing: EMT RHTN CWK MJTC KEV JG ECJC EJK.