About the Authors

Amparo Lopez-Bernus

Affiliation Servicio de Medicina Interna, CAUSA, CIETUS, IBSAL, Salamanca. Spain

Moncef Belhassen-García

mbelhassen@hotmail.com

Affiliation Servicio de Medicina Interna, Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, CAUSA, CIETUS, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain

Montserrat Alonso-Sardón

Affiliation Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Publica, CIETUS, IBSAL, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Adela Carpio-Perez

Affiliation Servicio de Medicina Interna, CAUSA, CIETUS, IBSAL, Salamanca. Spain

Virginia Velasco-Tirado

Affiliation Servicio de Medicina Interna, CAUSA, CIETUS, IBSAL, Salamanca. Spain

Ángela Romero-Alegria

Affiliation Servicio de Medicina Interna, CAUSA, CIETUS, IBSAL, Salamanca. Spain

Antonio Muro

Affiliation Laboratorio de Inmunología Parasitaria y Molecular, CIETUS, IBSAL, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Miguel Cordero-Sánchez

Affiliation Servicio de Medicina Interna, Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, CAUSA, CIETUS, IBSAL, Salamanca, Spain

Javier Pardo-Lledias

Affiliation Servicio de Medicina Interna, CAUPA Hospital General de Palencia “Río Carrión,” Palencia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALP MBG AM MCS JPL. Performed the experiments: ALP ACP VVT ÁRA. Analyzed the data: MBG MAS. Wrote the paper: ALP MBG JPL. Revised clinical records: ALP ACP VVT ÁRA.