About the Authors

Kerstin Sandholm

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerstin Sandholm, Anna J. Henningsson

Affiliation Linnaeus University Centre for Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

Anna J. Henningsson

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerstin Sandholm, Anna J. Henningsson

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden, Department of Infection Medicine, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Susanne Säve

Affiliation Linnaeus University Centre for Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

Sven Bergström

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

Pia Forsberg

Affiliation Department of Infection Medicine, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Nina Jonsson

Affiliations Linnaeus University Centre for Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, Division of Clinical Immunology, Rudbeck Laboratory C5, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

Jan Ernerudh

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Kristina N. Ekdahl

Kristina.nilsson_ekdahl@igp.uu.se

Affiliations Linnaeus University Centre for Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, Division of Clinical Immunology, Rudbeck Laboratory C5, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

Co-author Sven Bergström is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS AJH JE KNE. Performed the experiments: KS AJH SS NJ. Analyzed the data: KS AJH NJ JE KNE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB PF JE KNE. Wrote the paper: KS AJH NJ JE KNE.