About the Authors
- Jenny Bode
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
- Pavel Dutow
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
- Kirsten Sommer
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
- Katrin Janik
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
- Silke Glage
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Affiliation Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
- Burkhard Tümmler
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Affiliation Clinical Research Group, Pediatric Pulmonology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
- Antje Munder
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Affiliation Clinical Research Group, Pediatric Pulmonology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
- Robert Laudeley
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
- Konrad W. Sachse
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Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Jena, Germany
- Andreas Klos
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* E-mail: klos.andreas@mh-hannover.de
Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors hereby declare that Andreas Klos is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JB PD AK KWS. Performed the experiments: JB PD KS KJ PJ RL SG. Analyzed the data: JB PD KS KWS KJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the paper: JB KWS AK. Help in establishment of the mouse lung infection model: BT AM.