About the Authors

Arne Søraas

arne@meg.no

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Bærum, Norway

Arnfinn Sundsfjord

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Reference Centre for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Medical Biology, Research Group for Host-Microbe Interactions, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Irene Sandven

Affiliation Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Cathrine Brunborg

Affiliation Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Pål A. Jenum

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Bærum, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Søraas A. Sundsfjord PAJ. Performed the experiments: A. Søraas. Analyzed the data: A. Søraas A. Sundsfjord IS CB PAJ. Wrote the paper: A. Søraas A. Sundsfjord IS CB PAJ.