About the Authors
- Matteo Bassetti
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* E-mail: mattba@tin.it
Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
- Lucia Taramasso
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, San Martino Hospital and University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Elena Nicco
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, San Martino Hospital and University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Maria Pia Molinari
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Affiliation Bacteriology Unit, San Martino Hospital, Genova, Italy
- Michele Mussap
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, San Martino Hospital and University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Claudio Viscoli
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, San Martino Hospital and University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Competing Interests
MB serves on scientific advisory boards for Pfizer Inc., Merck Serono, Novartis, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., and Astellas Pharma Inc.; has received funding for travel or speaker honoraria from Pfizer Inc., Merck Serono, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Gilead Sciences, Inc., Sanofi-Aventis, Cephalon, Inc., Bayer Schering Pharma, Janssen, and Astellas Pharma Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors report no disclosures.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MB LT EN M.Molinari M.Mussap CV. Performed the experiments: MB LT EN M.Molinari M.Mussap CV. Analyzed the data: MB LT EN M.Molinari M.Mussap CV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB LT EN M.Molinari M.Mussap CV. Wrote the paper: MB LT EN M.Molinari M.Mussap CV.