About the Authors

Kristian Alfsnes

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital (Rikshospitalet), Oslo, Norway

Xavier Raynaud

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Tone Tønjum

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital (Rikshospitalet), Oslo, Norway

Ole Herman Ambur

ole.herman.ambur@ahus.no

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital (Rikshospitalet), Oslo, Norway, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA XR TT OHA. Performed the experiments: KA XR. Analyzed the data: KA TT OHA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XR TT. Wrote the paper: KA OHA.