About the Authors

Ellen Yeh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Benjamin A. Pinsky

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Niaz Banaei

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Ellen Jo Baron

ejbaron@stanford.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJB. Performed the experiments: EY BAP NB EJB. Analyzed the data: EY EJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJB. Wrote the paper: EY BAP NB EJB.