About the Authors

Fleur P. Paling

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

f.p.paling@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Karina Olsen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Kristin Ohneberg

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Martin Wolkewitz

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Vance G. Fowler Jr.

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark J. DiNubile

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Merck & Company Incorporation, Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Hasan S. Jafri

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Frangiscos Sifakis

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Marc J. M. Bonten

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Stephan J. Harbarth

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Geneva University Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

MDN is an employee of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA, and owns stock and stock options in the company. Inc. FS is an employee of AstraZeneca, LP. HJ is an employee of MedImmune. This project is funded by the Innovative Medicine Initiative Undertaking (IMI). The commercial organizations AstraZeneca and MedImmune partly funded the subsidies that came from IMI. This project used data collected earlier in a randomized-controlled study sponsored and funded by Merck & Co. Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA. Author VF received grant support from Merck & Co. The data used for this project were obtained from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA. The data are covered EP Patent No. EP 1 651 166 B8 entitled POLYPEPTIDES FOR INDUCING A PROTECTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. Data are available upon reasonable request. Merck's data-sharing policy, including requests and restrictions, is accessible at http://engagezone.merck.com/ds_documentation.php. Requests for access to the study data can be submitted through the EngageZone site or via e-mail (odataaccess@merck.com).