About the Authors
- Ntobeko B. A. Ntusi
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Affiliation The Cardiac Clinic, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Motasim Badri
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Hoosain Khalfey
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Affiliations Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Critical Care, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Andrew Whitelaw
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Stephen Oliver
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Jenna Piercy
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Affiliation Department of Critical Care, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Richard Raine
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Affiliation Department of Critical Care, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Ivan Joubert
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Affiliation Department of Critical Care, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Keertan Dheda
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* E-mail: keertan.dheda@uct.ac.za
Current address: Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
Affiliations Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Critical Care, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KD NN. Performed the experiments: NN. Analyzed the data: NN MB HK KD. Wrote the paper: NN MB HK AW SO JP RR IJ KD. Serves as guarantor of this work: KD.