About the Authors

Lennert Slobbe

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jeanette K. Doorduijn

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Pieternella J. Lugtenburg

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Abdelilah el Barzouhi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Eric Boersma

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Willem B. van Leeuwen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Bart J. A. Rijnders

b.rijnders@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJAR. Performed the experiments: LS BJAR. Analyzed the data: LS JKD PJL AeB EB WBvL BJAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS EB WBvL. Wrote the paper: LS JKD PJL AeB EB WBvL BJAR.