About the Authors

Alma Brolund

alma.brolund@smi.se

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Martin Sundqvist

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, Central Hospital, Växjö, Sweden, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Gunnar Kahlmeter

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, Central Hospital, Växjö, Sweden, Division of Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Malin Grape

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB MBS GK MG. Performed the experiments: AB MG. Analyzed the data: AB MBS MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBS GK. Wrote the paper: AB MBS GK MG.