About the Authors

Marta Alonso

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Donostia-Instituto Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain

José M. Marimon

Affiliations Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Donostia-Instituto Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain, Biomedical Research Center Network for Respiratory Diseases, San Sebastián, Spain

María Ercibengoa

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Donostia-Instituto Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain

Eduardo G. Pérez-Yarza

Affiliations Pediatric Department, Hospital Universitario Donostia-Instituto Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain

Emilio Pérez-Trallero

mikrobiol@terra.es

Affiliations Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario Donostia-Instituto Biodonostia, San Sebastián, Spain, Biomedical Research Center Network for Respiratory Diseases, San Sebastián, Spain, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMM EPT. Performed the experiments: MA ME JMM. Analyzed the data: MA ME JMM EGPY EPT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA ME EPT EGPY. Wrote the paper: JMM EPT.