About the Authors

Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece

Vasiliki Lamnatou

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece

Thalia A. Sardi

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece

Ioannis D. Gkegkes

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece

Matthew E. Falagas

m.falagas@aibs.gr

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEK MEF. Performed the experiments: MEF. Analyzed the data: DEK MEF VK TAS IDG. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DEK. Data acquisition: VK TAS IDG. Critically revised the manuscript: MEF VK TAS IDG. Approved the final version of the manuscript for publication: DEK VK TAS IDG MEF.