About the Authors

Cecilia Sorhouet-Pereira

Affiliation Clinical Bacteriology Service, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases (ANLIS-INEI), ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Adriana Efron

Affiliation Clinical Bacteriology Service, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases (ANLIS-INEI), ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Paula Gagetti

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistance Service, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases (ANLIS-INEI), ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Diego Faccone

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistance Service, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases (ANLIS-INEI), ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mabel Regueira

Affiliation Clinical Bacteriology Service, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases (ANLIS-INEI), ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Alejandra Corso

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistance Service, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases (ANLIS-INEI), ‘Dr Carlos G. Malbrán’, Ministry of Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Argentinean SIREVA II Working Group

Membership of the Argentinean SIREVA II Working Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Jean-Marc Gabastou

Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America

Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón

ibarzpav@paho.org

Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS ABIP. Performed the experiments: CS AE PG DF MR AC. Analyzed the data: CS AC ABIP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR AC JMG ABIP. Wrote the paper: CS ABIP.