About the Authors

Daniel J. B. Marks

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Marie D. Fisk

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Chieh Y. Koo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Menelaos Pavlou

Affiliation Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Lorraine Peck

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Simon F. Lee

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Porto, Portugal

David Lawrence

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

M. Bruce Macrae

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

A. Peter R. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Jeremy S. Brown

Affiliation Centre for Respiratory Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Robert F. Miller

Affiliation Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Alimuddin I. Zumla

a.zumla@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AIZ DJBM SFL MBM RFM PAPW. Performed the experiments: AIZ DJBM DL SFL MMF CYK LFP RFM. Analyzed the data: MGP DJBM SFL MBM RFM JSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGP DJBM. Wrote the paper: DJBM MMF CYK MGP LFP SFL DL MBM PAPW JSB RFM AIZ. Study leads: AIZ DJBM RFM.