About the Authors

Mohamed F. Mohamed

Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

G. Kenitra Hammac

Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Lynn Guptill

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Mohamed N. Seleem

mseleem@purdue.edu

Affiliation Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNS. Performed the experiments: MFM. Analyzed the data: MFM GKH LG MNS. Wrote the paper: MFM LG MNS. Contributed clinical isolates: GKH.