About the Authors

Christopher P. Montgomery

cmontgomery@bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Melvin D. Daniels

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Fan Zhao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Brad Spellberg

Affiliation Division of General Internal Medicine, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America

Anita S. Chong

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Robert S. Daum

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

BS reports receiving grant and contract support from Cubist, Pfizer, and Bristol Myers Squibb; serving as a consultant for Glaxo Smith Kline, Pfizer, Meiji, Adenium, Cardeas, and aRigen; and receiving honoraria from Cubist. RSD reports serving as a paid consultant for Pfizer and receiving a research grant from Pfizer. CPM, MDD, FZ, and ASC have no conflicts of interest to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CPM MDD BS ASC RSD. Performed the experiments: CPM MDD FZ. Analyzed the data: CPM MDD FZ BS ASC RSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPM BS ASC RSD. Wrote the manuscript: CPM BS ASC RSD.