About the Authors

Jan Rupp

jan.rupp@uk-sh.de (JR); Ger.Zandbergen@uniklinik-ulm.de (GvZ)

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany, Medical Clinic III, University hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

Lisa Pfleiderer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Clinic of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Christiane Jugert

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

Sonja Moeller

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

Matthias Klinger

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

Klaus Dalhoff

Affiliation Medical Clinic III, University hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Luebeck, Germany

Werner Solbach

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

Steffen Stenger

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Clinic of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Tamas Laskay

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

Ger van Zandbergen

jan.rupp@uk-sh.de (JR); Ger.Zandbergen@uniklinik-ulm.de (GvZ)

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Clinic of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR GvZ. Performed the experiments: LP CJ SM MK KD TL. Analyzed the data: JR MK KD WS SS TL GvZ. Wrote the paper: JR GvZ. Critical discussion of the manuscript: WS.