About the Authors

Camilla Rydberg Millrud

Affiliation Division of ENT diseases, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Anne Månsson Kvarnhammar

Affiliation Division of ENT diseases, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Rolf Uddman

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Sven Björnsson

Affiliation Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Kristian Riesbeck

Affiliation Medical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Lars Olaf Cardell

lars-olaf.cardell@ki.se

Affiliation Division of ENT diseases, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRM AMK SB LOC. Performed the experiments: CRM. Analyzed the data: CRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RU SB KR LOC. Wrote the paper: CRM LOC. Supervised total project: LOC.