About the Authors
- Elena Jordana-Lluch
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Affiliation Microbiology Department, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
- Heather E. Carolan
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Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott company, Carlsbad, California, United States of America
- Montserrat Giménez
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Affiliation Microbiology Department, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
- Rangarajan Sampath
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Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott company, Carlsbad, California, United States of America
- David J. Ecker
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Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott company, Carlsbad, California, United States of America
- M. Dolores Quesada
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Affiliation Microbiology Department, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
- Josep M. Mòdol
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Affiliation Emergency Room, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
- Fernando Arméstar
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Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
- Lawrence B. Blyn
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Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott company, Carlsbad, California, United States of America
- Lendell L. Cummins
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Affiliation Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott company, Carlsbad, California, United States of America
- Vicente Ausina
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* E-mail: vausina.germanstrias@gencat.cat
Affiliations Microbiology Department, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Bunyola, Spain
- Elisa Martró
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Affiliations Microbiology Department, Fundació Institut d’Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain
Competing Interests
HE Carolan, R Sampath, DJ Ecker, LB Blyn, and LL Cummins are employees of Ibis Biosciences, an Abbott company. All the reagents and materials necessary for PCR/ESI-MS testing were supplied by Ibis Biosciences. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Critically reviewed the manuscript: MG MDQ HEC JMM FA LLC DJE RS LBB. Acquired the data: EJL HEC RS LLC LBB JMM FA. Conceived and designed the experiments: EM VA EJL DJE LLC. Performed the experiments: EJL EM LLC. Analyzed the data: EJL EM MG MDQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VA LLC DJE RS LBB. Wrote the paper: EJL EM VA.