About the Authors

Jenny Bode

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Pavel Dutow

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Kirsten Sommer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Katrin Janik

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Silke Glage

Affiliation Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Burkhard Tümmler

Affiliation Clinical Research Group, Pediatric Pulmonology and Neo­nato­logy, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Antje Munder

Affiliation Clinical Research Group, Pediatric Pulmonology and Neo­nato­logy, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Robert Laudeley

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Konrad W. Sachse

Affiliation Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Jena, Germany

Andreas Klos

klos.andreas@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors hereby declare that Andreas Klos is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB PD AK KWS. Performed the experiments: JB PD KS KJ PJ RL SG. Analyzed the data: JB PD KS KWS KJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the paper: JB KWS AK. Help in establishment of the mouse lung infection model: BT AM.