About the Authors

Maaike S. M. van Mourik

M.s.m.vanmourik-2@umcutrecht.nl

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

Karel G. M. Moons

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Wouter W. van Solinge

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University Medical Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jan-Willem Berkelbach-van der Sprenkel

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Luca Regli

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Annet Troelstra

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

Marc J. M. Bonten

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MvM KM MB. Analyzed the data: MvM KM. Wrote the paper: MvM KM AT WvS JWB LR MB. Coordinated the clinical data warehouse: WvS.