About the Authors

Silvia Angeletti

s.angeletti@unicampus.it

Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giordano Dicuonzo

Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

Alessandra Avola

Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

Francesca Crea

Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

Etleva Dedej

Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

Francesca Vailati

Affiliation Microbiology Institute, AO ‘Papa Giovanni XXIII’ (formerly AO ‘Ospedali Riuniti’) of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

Claudio Farina

Affiliation Microbiology Institute, AO ‘Papa Giovanni XXIII’ (formerly AO ‘Ospedali Riuniti’) of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

Lucia De Florio

Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA GD AA FC ED FV CF LDF. Wrote the paper: SA GD CF LDF.