About the Authors

Anders Jensen

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Helena Fagö-Olsen

Affiliation Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark

Christian Hjort Sørensen

Affiliation Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mogens Kilian

kilian@microbiology.au.dk

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK AJ CHS. Performed the experiments: AJ MK HF-O CHS. Analyzed the data: AJ MK. Wrote the paper: AJ MK CHS HF-O.