About the Authors

Tamas Dolowschiak

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Cécilia Chassin

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Sanae Ben Mkaddem

Affiliations INSERM U773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Bichat-Beaujon, Paris, France, Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, site Bichat, Paris, France

Thilo M. Fuchs

Affiliation ZIEL, Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany

Siegfried Weiss

Affiliation Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Alain Vandewalle

Affiliations INSERM U773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Bichat-Beaujon, Paris, France, Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, site Bichat, Paris, France

Mathias W. Hornef

hornef.mathias@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD AV MWH. Performed the experiments: TD CC SBM. Analyzed the data: TD CC AV MWH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMF SW AV. Wrote the paper: TMF SW AV MWH.