About the Authors

Michael N. Mavros

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece

Vangelis G. Alexiou

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Konstantinos Z. Vardakas

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Mitera Hospital, Hygeia Group, Athens, Greece

Matthew E. Falagas

m.falagas@aibs.gr

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Mitera Hospital, Hygeia Group, Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM MEF. Performed the experiments: MM VGA MEF. Analyzed the data: MM VGA KZV MEF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM VGA KZV MEF. Wrote the paper: MM VGA KZV MEF.