About the Authors

Rossella Baldan

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Cristina Cigana

Affiliation Infection and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Francesca Testa

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Irene Bianconi

Affiliation Infection and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Maura De Simone

Affiliation Infection and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Danilo Pellin

Affiliation University Centre for Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Clelia Di Serio

Affiliation University Centre for Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Alessandra Bragonzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Bragonzi, Daniela M. Cirillo

Affiliation Infection and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Daniela M. Cirillo

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Bragonzi, Daniela M. Cirillo

cirillo.daniela@hsr.it

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB IB CC AB DMC. Performed the experiments: RB FT MDS IB CC. Analyzed the data: RB FT IB CC DP CDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDS DMC AB. Wrote the paper: RB CC IB DP CDS AB DMC.