About the Authors

Márta Szaszák

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Philipp Steven

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, UK-SH, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Kensuke Shima

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Regina Orzekowsky-Schröder

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Optics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Gereon Hüttmann

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Optics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Inke R. König

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Werner Solbach

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Jan Rupp

jan.rupp@uk-sh.de

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Medical Clinic III, UK-SH/Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS PS GH JR. Performed the experiments: MS KS ROS. Analyzed the data: MS ROS IRK GH JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GH. Wrote the paper: MS WS JR.