About the Authors

Amro Widaa

Affiliations Microbial Infection Group, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Tania Claro

Affiliation Microbial Infection Group, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Timothy J. Foster

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Fergal J. O’Brien

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Steven W. Kerrigan

skerrigan@rcsi.ie

Affiliations Microbial Infection Group, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, School of Pharmacy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWK FJO TJF. Performed the experiments: AW TC. Analyzed the data: AW TC TJF FJO SWK. Wrote the paper: SWK FJO TJF.