About the Authors

Jessica Nyström

jessica.nystrom@ki.se

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Jenny Stenkvist

Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Amanda Häggblom

Affiliations Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Infectious Diseases, County Council of Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden

Ola Weiland

Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Piotr Nowak

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JN PN OW JS. Performed the experiments: JN. Analyzed the data: JN JS AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PN OW. Wrote the paper: JN PN.