About the Authors

Huiwen W. Zhao

Affiliation Divisions of Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Disease and Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Dan Zhou

Affiliation Divisions of Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Disease and Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Victor Nizet

Affiliations Divisions of Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Disease and Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, United States of America

Gabriel G. Haddad

ghaddad@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Divisions of Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Disease and Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HWZ DZ GGH. Performed the experiments: HWZ DZ. Analyzed the data: HWZ DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HWZ DZ GGH. Wrote the paper: HWZ DZ VN GGH.