1 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
2 Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
3 Respiratory and Vaccine Preventable Bacteria Reference Unit, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, London, UK.
4 Microbiology and Infection Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
5 Department of Haematology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
6 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
7 Department of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
8 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: Mz207@le.ac.uk.