About the Authors

Daniel Aubert

Affiliation Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, INSERM U914 “Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics,” LabEx LERMIT, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France

Thierry Naas

thierry.naas@bct.aphp.fr

Affiliation Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, INSERM U914 “Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics,” LabEx LERMIT, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France

Patrice Nordmann

Affiliation Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, INSERM U914 “Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics,” LabEx LERMIT, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France

Competing Interests

Patrice Nordmann is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA TN PN. Performed the experiments: DA TN PN. Analyzed the data: DA TN PN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA TN PN. Wrote the paper: DA TN PN.