About the Authors

Makaoui Maatallah

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Analyse, Traitement et Valorisation des Polluants de l'Environnement et des Produits, Faculté de Pharmacie, Monastir, Tunisia

Jihane Cheriaa

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Analyse, Traitement et Valorisation des Polluants de l'Environnement et des Produits, Faculté de Pharmacie, Monastir, Tunisia

Amina Backhrouf

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Analyse, Traitement et Valorisation des Polluants de l'Environnement et des Produits, Faculté de Pharmacie, Monastir, Tunisia

Aina Iversen

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology L2:02, MTC-Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

Hajo Grundmann

Affiliations University Medical Centre Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Thuy Do

Affiliation Infection Research Group, Dental Institute, King's College London and Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS and Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Philippe Lanotte

Affiliation CHRU de Tours, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital Bretonneau, Tours, France ; Université François Rabelais, Tours, France

Maha Mastouri

Affiliation Laboratoire de Microbiologie CHU Fattouma Bourguiba, Monastir, Tunisia

Mohamed Salem Elghmati

Affiliation Departement of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alfateh of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya

Fernando Rojo

Affiliation Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus U.A.M., Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

Snoussi Mejdi

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Analyse, Traitement et Valorisation des Polluants de l'Environnement et des Produits, Faculté de Pharmacie, Monastir, Tunisia

Christian G. Giske

christian.giske@karolinska.se

Affiliation Clinical Microbiology L2:02, MTC-Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Maatallah CGG. Performed the experiments: M. Maatallah. Analyzed the data: M. Maatallah CGG TD AI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Maatallah JC AB PL M. Mastouri MSE FR SM CGG. Wrote the paper: M. Maatallah CGG HG TD PL FR. Collection of isolate, clinical information and comments to the manuscript: JC AB AI M. Mastouri MSE SM.