Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the staff of the Microbiology Dept., Cork University Hospital, especially Mary Lynch-Healy.
Disclosure statement
All other authors declare no conflict of interest/funding.
Additional information
Funding
Strategy for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland (SARI) provided funding to Brigid Lucey and James A. O’Connor. Irish Research Council provided funding to James A. O’Connor (GOIPG/2014/72). SARI funded the current study but had no further role in study design.