About the Authors

María López

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)-INIBIC, A Coruña, Spain, Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI), Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain

Celia Mayer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology-CIBUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Laura Fernández-García

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)-INIBIC, A Coruña, Spain

Lucía Blasco

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)-INIBIC, A Coruña, Spain

Andrea Muras

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology-CIBUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Federico Martín Ruiz

Affiliation Biological Research Center (CIB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

German Bou

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)-INIBIC, A Coruña, Spain, Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI), Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain

Ana Otero

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology-CIBUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

María Tomás

MA.del.Mar.Tomas.Carmona@sergas.es

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)-INIBIC, A Coruña, Spain, Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI), Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain

on behalf of the GEIH-GEMARA (SEIMC)

Membership of the GEIH-GEMARA (SEIMC) is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Funding acquisition: MT. Investigation: ML CM LFG LB AM FMR GB AO. Methodology: ML CM LFG LB AM FMR GB AO. Project administration: MT. Supervision: MT. Writing – original draft: MT. Writing – review & editing: MT.