About the Authors

Edward R. Cachay

ecachay@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Owen Clinic, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Lucas Hill

Affiliation Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

David Wyles

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Owen Clinic, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Bradford Colwell

Affiliation Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Craig Ballard

Affiliation Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Francesca Torriani

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Owen Clinic, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

William C. Mathews

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Owen Clinic, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

E.C. Consultant for Janssen. D.W. Research funds have been paid to UCSD for conduct of clinical trials: Gilead, AbbVIe, Vertex, and Merck. Consultant: Janssen, AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb. Other authors have no conflicts of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC LH. Performed the experiments: EC LH. Analyzed the data: EC WM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC LH WM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: EC LH DW BC CB FT WM. Provided clinical care: EC DW FT LH BC CB.