About the Authors

Robin Köck

robin.koeck@ukmuenster.de

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Frieder Schaumburg

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Alexander Mellmann

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Mahir Köksal

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Annette Jurke

Affiliation Department for Infectiology and Hygiene, North Rhine-Westphalian Center for Health, Münster, Germany

Karsten Becker

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Alexander W. Friedrich

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RK AWF. Performed the experiments: RK FS MK. Analyzed the data: RK AJ AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK KB AWF AM. Wrote the paper: RK AWF.