About the Authors

Xiyuan Bai

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiyuan Bai, Nicole E. Feldman

baix@njhealth.org (XB); chane@njhealth.org (EDC)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Nicole E. Feldman

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiyuan Bai, Nicole E. Feldman

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Kathryn Chmura

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Alida R. Ovrutsky

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Wen-Lin Su

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital; National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Laura Griffin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Dohun Pyeon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Mischa T. McGibney

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Matthew J. Strand

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Mari Numata

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Seiji Murakami

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Loretta Gaido

Affiliation Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Jennifer R. Honda

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

William H. Kinney

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Rebecca E. Oberley-Deegan

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Dennis R. Voelker

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Diane J. Ordway

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Edward D. Chan

baix@njhealth.org (XB); chane@njhealth.org (EDC)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Departments of Medicine and Academic Affairs, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The Authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XB EDC. Performed the experiments: XB NEF KC MTM SM. Analyzed the data: XB ARO WLS MJS MN EDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: L. Gaido DP L. Griffin JRH REO. Wrote the paper: XB ARO L. Griffin JRH WHK DRV DJO EDC.