About the Authors

Laura Muñoz

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Department, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Lucia Gonzalez

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain

Laura Soldevila

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Dorca

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Respiratory Medicine, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain

Fernando Alcaide

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microbiology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Miguel Santin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

msantin@bellvitgehospital.cat

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Department, Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

MS has collaborated with Alere Healthcare SLU by giving talks on IGRAs. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.