About the Authors

Thomas Bjarnsholt

Affiliation Institute for International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Peter Østrup Jensen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tim Holm Jakobsen

Affiliation Institute for International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Richard Phipps

Affiliation BioSys, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Anne Kirstine Nielsen

Affiliation Institute for International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Morten Theil Rybtke

Affiliation Institute for International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tim Tolker-Nielsen

Affiliation Institute for International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Givskov

Affiliation Institute for International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Niels Høiby

Affiliations Institute for International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oana Ciofu

ociofu@sund.ku.dk

Affiliation Institute for International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

the Scandinavian Cystic Fibrosis Study Consortium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB OC. Performed the experiments: TB THJ RP AKN TTN OC. Analyzed the data: TB PJ THJ RP AKN MTR TTN MG NH OC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB PJ THJ RP AKN MTR TTN OC. Wrote the paper: TB MG NH OC.