Frances Edwards BMedSc MBChB DTM&H MRCP DipRCPath is a Registrar in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology in Bristol, UK. Competing interests: none declared
Alasdair MacGowan BMedBiol MD FRCP FRCPath FESCMID is a Consultant in Infection and Professor of Antimicrobial Therapeutics at the University of Bristol, based at North Bristol NHS Trust, UK. Competing interests: AM has received numerous research grants in the last 5 years from public sector and commercial sources related to antibacterial drug development
Emily Macnaughton MB ChB FRCPath is a Medical Microbiology Consultant at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, UK. Competing interests: none declared