About the Authors

Arianna Mareri

Affiliation Pediatric Unit and School, University of L'Aquila, San Salvatore Hospital, L’Aquila, Italy

Stuart P. Adler

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Giovanni Nigro

nigrogio@libero.it

Affiliation Pediatric Unit and School, University of L'Aquila, San Salvatore Hospital, L’Aquila, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GN AM SPA. Performed the experiments: GN AM SPA. Analyzed the data: GN AM SPA. Wrote the manuscript: GN AM SPA.