About the Authors

Nina Cramer

Affiliation Clinical Research Group, Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany

Lutz Wiehlmann

Affiliation Clinical Research Group, Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany

Oana Ciofu

Affiliation Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Stephanie Tamm

Affiliation Clinical Research Group, Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany

Niels Høiby

Affiliation Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Burkhard Tümmler

tuemmler.burkhard@mh-hannover.de

Affiliations Clinical Research Group, Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany, Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hanover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NC LW NH BT. Performed the experiments: NC LW ST. Analyzed the data: NC LW OC BT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW OC NH BT. Wrote the paper: NC BT.