About the Authors

Stephen B. Beres

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and Department of Pathology, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ricardo Sesso

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sergio Wyton L. Pinto

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Hospital Sao Joao de Deus, Divinopolis, Brazil

Nancy P. Hoe

Affiliation Division of Occupational Health and Safety, Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Stephen F. Porcella

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Frank R. DeLeo

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

James M. Musser

jmmusser@tmhs.org

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and Department of Pathology, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SBB JMM. Performed the experiments: SBB NPH SFP FRD. Analyzed the data: SBB RS SWLP NPH SFP FRD JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS SWLP. Wrote the paper: SBB JMM.