About the Authors

Brigitte A. van Cleef

Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte A. van Cleef, Erwin J. M. Verkade

brigitte.van.cleef@rivm.nl

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU-HEALTH Project PILGRIM of the 7th Framework Programme, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Erwin J. M. Verkade

Contributed equally to this work with: Brigitte A. van Cleef, Erwin J. M. Verkade

Affiliations Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Mireille W. Wulf

Affiliation PAMM Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Veldhoven, The Netherlands

Anton G. Buiting

Affiliation Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Andreas Voss

Affiliations EU-HEALTH Project PILGRIM of the 7th Framework Programme, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Xander W. Huijsdens

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Wilfrid van Pelt

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Mick N. Mulders

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Jan A. Kluytmans

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAvC EJV WvP JAK. Performed the experiments: BAvC EJV. Analyzed the data: BAvC EJV MNM JAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWW AGB AV XWH. Wrote the paper: BAvC EJV MWW AGB AV XWH MNM JAK.