About the Authors

Rossella Baldan

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Francesca Testa

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Nicola I. Lorè

Affiliation Infection and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Alessandra Bragonzi

Affiliation Infection and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Paola Cichero

Affiliation Laboraf, Diagnostic and Research San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Cristina Ossi

Affiliation Laboraf, Diagnostic and Research San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Anna Biancardi

Affiliation Chief Medical Office, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Paola Nizzero

Affiliation Chief Medical Office, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Matteo Moro

Affiliation Chief Medical Office, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Daniela M. Cirillo

cirillo.daniela@hsr.it

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB DMC NIL A. Bragonzi. Performed the experiments: RB FT NIL PC CO. Analyzed the data: RB FT DMC NIL A. Bragonzi A. Biancardi PN MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMC A. Bragonzi. Wrote the paper: RB DMC A. Bragonzi MM.