About the Authors
- Nicole Albrecht
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Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Hochschule Lausitz (FH) University of Applied Sciences, Senftenberg, Germany
- Lutz Jatzwauk
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Affiliation Department of Hospital Infection Control, Dresden University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
- Peter Slickers
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Affiliation Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany
- Ralf Ehricht
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Affiliation Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany
- Stefan Monecke
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* E-mail: monecke@rocketmail.com
Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: R. Ehricht and P. Slickers are employees of Alere technologies. S. Monecke became an employee of Alere technologies after the experimental work for this study was finished. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SM LJ. Performed the experiments: NA. Analyzed the data: SM RE NA LJ. Wrote the paper: NA SM RE. Bioinformatics and array design: PS.