About the Authors

Daniel P. O’Brien

Danielo@BarwonHealth.org.au

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Manson Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, London, United Kingdom

N. Deborah Friedman

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Raquel Cowan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

James Pollard

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Anthony McDonald

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Peter Callan

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Andrew Hughes

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Eugene Athan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DPOB. Performed the experiments: DPOB NDF AM PC AH EA. Analyzed the data: DPOB. Wrote the paper: DPOB NDF RC JP AM PC AH EA.