About the Authors

Irina Starikova

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Klaus Harms

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Pål Haugen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Tracy T. M. Lunde

Affiliation Reference Centre for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Raul Primicerio

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Ørjan Samuelsen

Affiliation Reference Centre for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Kaare M. Nielsen

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, GenØk, Center for Biosafety, Research Park, Tromsø, Norway

Pål J. Johnsen

paal.johnsen@uit.no

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJJ KMN ØS RP PH KH IS. Performed the experiments: IS KH TTML PH RP. Analyzed the data: IS PJJ KH TTML PH RP ØS KMN. Wrote the paper: PJJ IS KH PH KMN.