About the Authors

Susu M. Zughaier

szughai@emory.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and Laboratories of Microbial Pathogenesis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Pavel Svoboda

Current address: Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, DSR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Affiliation Microchemical and Proteomics Facility, Emory University School of Medicine and Laboratories of Microbial Pathogenesis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jan Pohl

Current address: Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, DSR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Affiliation Microchemical and Proteomics Facility, Emory University School of Medicine and Laboratories of Microbial Pathogenesis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David S. Stephens

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and Laboratories of Microbial Pathogenesis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine and Laboratories of Microbial Pathogenesis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William M. Shafer

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine and Laboratories of Microbial Pathogenesis, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMZ. Performed the experiments: SMZ. Analyzed the data: SMZ DSS WMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMZ PS JP DSS WMS. Wrote the paper: SMZ JP DSS WMS. Synthesized LL-37 peptides: PS JP. Critically reviewed the paper: JP DSS. Co-wrote and critically reviewed the paper: WMS.