About the Authors

Davit Bzhalava

Affiliations Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Hanna Johansson

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

Johanna Ekström

Affiliations Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Medical Microbiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Helena Faust

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

Birgitta Möller

Affiliations Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Carina Eklund

Affiliations Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Peter Nordin

Affiliation Dermatology Clinic, Läkarhuset, Gothenburg, Sweden

Bo Stenquist

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Sciences at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

John Paoli

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Sciences at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Bengt Persson

Affiliation IFM Bioinformatics and Swedish e-Science Research Centre, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Ola Forslund

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

Joakim Dillner

joakim.dillner@ki.se

Affiliations Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Medical Microbiology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB HJ JE HF BM CE PN BS JP BP OF JD. Performed the experiments: HJ JE HF BM CE. Analyzed the data: DB HJ JE BM CE. Wrote the paper: DB HJ JE HF BM CE PN BS JP BP OF JD.