About the Authors

Paula Lopez Roa

plroa@salud.madrid.org

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Maria Jesus Perez-Granda

Affiliations Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Patricia Munoz

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Pilar Catalan

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Roberto Alonso

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Eduardo Sanchez-Perez

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Emma Novoa

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Emilio Bouza

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLR PM EB. Performed the experiments: MPG RA PC EN ESP. Analyzed the data: PLR PM MPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC RA. Wrote the paper: PLR EB.