About the Authors

Juan Song

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Pathogen Biology, Medical school of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Lyon, France

Claire Lays

Affiliations Université de Lyon, Université Lyon1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Lyon, France

François Vandenesch

Affiliations Université de Lyon, Université Lyon1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Lyon, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France

Yvonne Benito

Affiliations INSERM U851, Lyon, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France

Michèle Bes

Affiliations INSERM U851, Lyon, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France

Yonglie Chu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Pathogen Biology, Medical school of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China

Gérard Lina

Affiliations Université de Lyon, Université Lyon1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Lyon, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France

Pascale Romby

Affiliation Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UPR 9002, IBMC, Strasbourg, France

Thomas Geissmann

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Université de Lyon, Université Lyon1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Lyon, France

Sandrine Boisset

sandrine.boisset@univ-lyon1.fr

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Université de Lyon, Université Lyon1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Lyon, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB FV YC TG. Performed the experiments: JS CL SB TG YB. Analyzed the data: SB FV TG PR GL MB. Wrote the paper: SB FV TG PR.