About the Authors

Michael D. Carruthers

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Paul A. Nicholson

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Erin N. Tracy

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Robert S. Munson Jr

robert.munson@nationwidechildrens.org

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDC RSM PAN. Performed the experiments: MDC PAN ENT. Analyzed the data: MDC PAN ENT RSM. Wrote the paper: MDC RSM.