About the Authors

Brian Stevenson

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: brian.stevenson@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Henry A. Choy

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Marija Pinne

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Matthew L. Rotondi

Current address: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

M. Clarke Miller

Current address: Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Edward DeMoll

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Peter Kraiczy

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Anne E. Cooley

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Trevor P. Creamer

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Marc A. Suchard

Affiliation Department of Biomathematics, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Catherine A. Brissette

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Ashutosh Verma

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

David A. Haake

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS DH BS HC AV. Performed the experiments: TC BS HC MP MR MM PK AC CB AV. Analyzed the data: TC MS DH BS HC ED AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC MS DH ED PK. Wrote the paper: DH BS.