About the Authors

Pontus Lindblom

pontus.lindblom@liu.se

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Peter Wilhelmsson

Affiliation Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Linda Fryland

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Andreas Matussek

Affiliation Division of Medical Services, Department of Microbiology, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden

Mats Haglund

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, County Hospital Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden

Johanna Sjöwall

Affiliation Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Sirkka Vene

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

Dag Nyman

Affiliation Åland Central Hospital, Mariehamn, Åland, Finland

Pia Forsberg

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Per-Eric Lindgren

Affiliations Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Division of Medical Services, Department of Microbiology, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PL PW LF PF PEL. Performed the experiments: PL SV. Analyzed the data: PL LF JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL AM SV DN. Wrote the paper: PL PW LF AM MH JS SV DN PF PEL.