About the Authors

Cornelis P. C. de Jager

p.de.jager@jbz.nl

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Peter C. Wever

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Eugenie F. A. Gemen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Ron Kusters

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Arianne B. van Gageldonk-Lafeber

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Tom van der Poll

Affiliation Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam and Center of Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Robert J. F. Laheij

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care, Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CdJ PW ABvGL RL. Analyzed the data: CdJ PW TvdP EG RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG PW RK ABvGL. Wrote the paper: CdJ RL.