About the Authors

Steffen Bank

stb@mb.au.dk

Affiliations Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark, Biomedicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Paal Skytt Andersen

Affiliation Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Johan Burisch

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

Natalia Pedersen

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

Stine Roug

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark

Julie Galsgaard

Affiliation Medical Department, Køge Hospital, Køge, Denmark

Stine Ydegaard Turino

Affiliation Medical Department, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark

Jacob Broder Brodersen

Affiliation Medical Department, Sydvestjysk Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark

Shaista Rashid

Affiliation Medical Department, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg, Denmark

Britt Kaiser Rasmussen

Affiliation Medical Department, Nykøbing Falster Hospital, Nykøbing Falster, Denmark

Sara Avlund

Affiliation Medical Department V, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Thomas Bastholm Olesen

Affiliation Medical Department, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark

Hans Jürgen Hoffmann

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Diseases B, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Marianne Kragh Thomsen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Vibeke Østergaard Thomsen

Affiliation International Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Morten Frydenberg

Affiliation Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Bjørn Andersen Nexø

Affiliation Biomedicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Jacob Sode

Affiliations Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology & Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Rheumatology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Ulla Vogel

Affiliation National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark

Vibeke Andersen

Affiliations Medical Department, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Organ Centre, Hospital of Southern Jutland Aabenraa, Aabenraa, Denmark, OPEN Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

PSA, VØT and JS have affiliation to Statens Serum Institut. Statens Serum Institut is not a commercial company. It is a public enterprise under the Danish Ministry of Health (please see http://www.ssi.dk/English/Service/AboutSSI.aspx). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB PSA MF BAN JS UV VA. Performed the experiments: SB JB NP S. Roug JG SYT JBB S. Rashid BKR SA TBO HJH MKT VØT. Analyzed the data: SB PSA MF BAN JS UV VA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB JB NP S. Roug JG SYT JBB S. Rashid BKR SA TBO HJH MKT VØT MF. Wrote the paper: SB PSA UV VA. Drafting the article or revising it critically: SB PSA JB NP S. Roug JG SYT JBB S. Rashid BKR SA TBO HJH MKT VØT MF BAN JS UV VA. Final approval of the version to be published: SB PSA JB NP S. Roug JG SYT JBB S. Rashid BKR SA TBO HJH MKT VØT MF BAN JS UV VA.