About the Authors

Anne Tristan

anne.tristan@univ-lyon1.fr

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France, Université de Lyon, Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity Laboratory, Lyon, France

Jean-Philippe Rasigade

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France, Université de Lyon, Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity Laboratory, Lyon, France

Esmée Ruizendaal

Affiliation Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France

Frédéric Laurent

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France, Université de Lyon, Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity Laboratory, Lyon, France

Michèle Bes

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France, Université de Lyon, Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity Laboratory, Lyon, France

Hélène Meugnier

Affiliation Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France

Gérard Lina

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France, Université de Lyon, Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity Laboratory, Lyon, France

Jerome Etienne

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France, Université de Lyon, Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity Laboratory, Lyon, France

Marie Celard

Affiliation Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France

Pierre Tattevin

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France

Stefan Monecke

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine “Carl Gustav Carus”, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Vincent Le Moing

Affiliation Département des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, hôpital Gui-de-Chauliac, Montpellier, France

François Vandenesch

Affiliations Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Bron, France, Université de Lyon, Domaine de la Buire, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Innate Immunity Laboratory, Lyon, France

the French AEPEI study Group on Infective Endocarditis

Competing Interests

We have complied with the journal requirement concerning author affiliation and we certify that the membership of Stefan Monecke to Alere does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT FL MB PT VLM FV. Performed the experiments: AT MB HM SM. Analyzed the data: AT ER JPR FL MB GL JE MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM. Wrote the paper: AT ER JPR MB PT VLM FV.