About the Authors

Armand Paauw

apaauw@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Maurine A. Leverstein-van Hall

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jan Verhoef

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Ad C. Fluit

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP. Performed the experiments: AP. Analyzed the data: AP ACF. Wrote the paper: AP ACF. Contributed to hypothesis generation and overall study design: AP MAL-vH JV ACF.