About the Authors

Maia De Luca

Contributed equally to this work with: Maia De Luca, Daniele Donà

maiadeluca@gmail.com

Affiliation Immunology and Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital Pediatric Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy

Daniele Donà

Contributed equally to this work with: Maia De Luca, Daniele Donà

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Carlotta Montagnani

Affiliation Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Paediatric Medicine, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy

Andrea Lo Vecchio

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences—Section of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Marta Romanengo

Affiliation Acute Care and Emergency Department, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genoa, Italy

Claudia Tagliabue

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

Chiara Centenari

Affiliation Paediatric Unit, Versilia Hospital, Lido di Camaiore, Italy

Patrizia D’Argenio

Affiliation Immunology and Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital Pediatric Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy

Rebecca Lundin

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Carlo Giaquinto

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Luisa Galli

Affiliation Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Paediatric Medicine, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy

Alfredo Guarino

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences—Section of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Susanna Esposito

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

Mike Sharland

Affiliation Infection and Immunity, Division of Clinical Sciences, St. Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom

Ann Versporten

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Herman Goossens

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Giangiacomo Nicolini

Affiliation Pediatric Unit, San Martino Hospital, Belluno, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS AV HG GN. Performed the experiments: PD AG LG SE MR CT CC CG. Analyzed the data: MDL DD CM RL. Wrote the paper: MDL DD GN. Revised the manuscript: PD SE LG ALV CM MS AV.