About the Authors

Catherine Huoi

Affiliation Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

Philippe Vanhems

Affiliations Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5558, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Marie-Christine Nicolle

Affiliation Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

Mauricette Michallet

Affiliation Haematology Department, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France

Thomas Bénet

thomas.benet@chu-lyon.fr

Affiliations Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France, Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5558, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PV M-CN MM TB. Analyzed the data: CH PV TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH PV TB. Wrote the paper: CH PV M-CN MM TB.