Correction to: Infection (2020) 48:723–733 https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01469-6

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake.

In this article the authors Dirk Schürmann at affiliation Charité, University Medicine, Berlin, Olaf Degen at affiliation University Clinic Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg and Heinz-August Horst at affiliation University Hospital Schleswig–Holstein, Kiel, Germany were missing from the author list.

The original article has been corrected.