About the Authors
- Harry S. Courtney
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* E-mail: hcourtney@utmem.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Itzhak Ofek
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Thomas Penfound
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Victor Nizet
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Morgan A. Pence
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Bernd Kreikemeyer
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Hospital of Rostock University, Rostock, Germany
- Andreas Podbielbski
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Hospital of Rostock University, Rostock, Germany
- David L. Hasty
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Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- James B. Dale
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HC IO TP. Performed the experiments: HC IO TP MAP. Analyzed the data: HC IO TP VN BK AP DLH JBD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC VN MAP BK AP DLH JBD. Wrote the paper: HC IO TP VN BK AP DLH JBD.