About the Authors

David Sevillano

Affiliation Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Lorenzo Aguilar

laguilar@med.ucm.es

Affiliation Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Luis Alou

Affiliation Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

María-José Giménez

Affiliation Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Natalia González

Affiliation Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Martha Torrico

Affiliation Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Fabio Cafini

Affiliation Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Asunción Fenoll

Affiliation Spanish National Reference Pneumococcal Laboratory, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Pilar Coronel

Affiliation Scientific Department, Tedec-Meiji Farma SA, Madrid, Spain

José Prieto

Affiliation Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

P. Coronel is an employee of Tedec-Meiji Farma SA.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LA MJG. Performed the experiments: DS LA NG MT FC. Analyzed the data: DS LA LA MJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF PC. Wrote the paper: LA MJG. Reviewed and approved the manuscript: JP.