About the Authors

Xiaowen Huang

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Dedong Li

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Liyan Xi

xiliyan@mail.sysu.edu.cn (LX); emylonakis@lifespan.org (EM)

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Eleftherios Mylonakis

xiliyan@mail.sysu.edu.cn (LX); emylonakis@lifespan.org (EM)

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LX EM. Performed the experiments: XH. Analyzed the data: XH DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH DL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: XH DL EM.