Authors contributions
FW and WA initiated and designed the study with the support of GRK and
KB. FW and WA supervised the study. All authors contributed to data
collection. FW and WA drafted the first version of the manuscript with
support of GRK. GRK is responsible for the statistical analysis with the
support of FW and WA. All authors contributed to data interpretation and
revised and approved the manuscript for intellectual content. All
authors agreed to the final version including submission for publication
and accept responsibility for this work.
Conflict of interest:
WCA: Honoraria for presentations for A. Vogel and Pfizer and advisory
boards for GSK, MSD, OM Pharma, Pfizer, Sanofi. Reimbursements were paid
to his institution.
Funding: Research funding of the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, the
Swiss network on fungal diseases (FUNGINOS).