About the Authors

Robert L. Young

rlyoung630@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Kenneth C. Malcolm

Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Jennifer E. Kret

Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Silvia M. Caceres

Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Katie R. Poch

Affiliation Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

David P. Nichols

Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar

Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Milene T. Saavedra

Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Scott H. Randell

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael L. Vasil

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jane L. Burns

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Samuel M. Moskowitz

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jerry A. Nick

Affiliations Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLY JAN MLV SHR. Performed the experiments: RLY KCM JEK SMC KRP JLT-C MTS. Analyzed the data: RLY JAN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPN SHR MLV JLB SMM. Wrote the paper: RLY JAN.