About the Authors

Joan Gómez-Junyent

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Carolina Garcia-Vidal

carolgv75@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Diego Viasus

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Pere Millat-Martínez

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Antonella Simonetti

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Mª Salud Santos

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Carmen Ardanuy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Dorca

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Jordi Carratalà

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain, REIPI (Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CGV JC. Performed the experiments: JGJ CGV DV PMM AS MSS CA JD. Analyzed the data: JGJ CGV DV PMM AS MSS CA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGJ CGV DV PMM AS MSS CA JC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JGJ CGV JC. Critical revision of the manuscript: JGJ CGV DV AS MSS CA JD JC.