About the Authors

Katrin Schroeder

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Mario Jularic

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Samantha M. Horsburgh

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Nina Hirschhausen

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Claudia Neumann

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Anne Bertling

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Experimental and Clinical Haemostasis, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Anja Schulte

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Experimental and Clinical Haemostasis, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Simon Foster

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Beate E. Kehrel

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Experimental and Clinical Haemostasis, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Georg Peters

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Christine Heilmann

heilmac@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SF BK GP CH. Performed the experiments: KS MJ SMH NH AB AS CH. Analyzed the data: KS MJ SMH AB AS BK CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CN. Wrote the paper: CH.