About the Authors

Enrique Castro-Sánchez

e.castro-sanchez@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Lydia N. Drumright

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Myriam Gharbi

Affiliation NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Susan Farrell

Affiliation Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Alison H. Holmes

Affiliation NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ECS SF. Performed the experiments: ECS. Analyzed the data: ECS LND MG. Wrote the paper: ECS LND MG SF AHH. Provided technical input during all stages of the project and analysis: AHH.