About the Authors

Didier Lepelletier

Affiliations Infection Control Unit, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Philippe Ravaud

Affiliations Hôtel Dieu, Centre d'Épidémiologie Clinique, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, INSERM, U738, Paris, France, University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Gabriel Baron

Affiliations Hôtel Dieu, Centre d'Épidémiologie Clinique, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, INSERM, U738, Paris, France, University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Jean-Christophe Lucet

jean-christophe.lucet@bch.aphp.fr

Current address: Bacteriology and Hygiene Department, Nantes University Hospital, and University of Nantes - EA 3826, UFR Medicine, Nantes, France

Affiliations Infection Control Unit, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL PR JCL. Performed the experiments: DL GB JCL. Analyzed the data: GB DL PR JCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB. Wrote the paper: DL GB JCL PR.