About the Authors

Anne-Marie Leuck

leuck002@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

James R. Johnson

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Gary M. Dunny

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests. JRJ has received research grants, contracts, or consulting fees from ICET, Rochester Medical, Merck, Crucell, and Syntiron. AML and GMD declare that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AML JRJ GMD. Performed the experiments: AML. Analyzed the data: AML JRJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AML JRJ GMD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AML JRJ GMD.