About the Authors
- Gunlög Rasmussen
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* E-mail: gunlog.rasmussen@orebroll.se
Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
- Stefan Monecke
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Affiliations Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Ralf Ehricht
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Affiliation Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany
- Bo Söderquist
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Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden, Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University Hospital Sweden, Örebro, Sweden, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
Competing Interests
Stefan Monecke and Ralf Ehricht are employees at Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany and the corresponding author was asked to declare this affiliation. Although two of the co-authors are employees at Alere Technologies GmbH, this company was not a commercial funder of this research since funding for the study was totally provided by grants from the Research Comitte of the County Council of Örebro University Hospital. Consequently: 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: GR BS SM RE. Performed the experiments: SM RE. Analyzed the data: GR BS SM RE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GR BS SM RE. Wrote the manuscript: GR BS SM RE.