About the Authors
- Manu N. Capoor
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* E-mail: mcapoor@mail.rockefeller.edu (MNC); ondrej.slaby@ceitec.muni.cz (OS)
Affiliations Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Filip Ruzicka
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk university, St. Anne’s Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
- Jonathan E. Schmitz
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Garth A. James
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Affiliation Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Tana Machackova
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Radim Jancalek
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Martin Smrcka
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Brno, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Radim Lipina
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Fahad S. Ahmed
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Todd F. Alamin
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Neel Anand
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Affiliation Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- John C. Baird
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Nitin Bhatia
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Sibel Demir-Deviren
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Affiliation Spine Center, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Robert K. Eastlack
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Affiliation Scripps Clinic Division of Orthopedic Surgery, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Steve Fisher
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Affiliation Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Steven R. Garfin
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Jaspaul S. Gogia
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente—San Jose Medical Center, San Jose, California, United States of America
- Ziya L. Gokaslan
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
- Calvin C. Kuo
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaiser Permanente–Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, California, United States of America
- Yu-Po Lee
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Konstantinos Mavrommatis
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Affiliation Celgene Corporation, Information Knowledge and Utilization, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Elleni Michu
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Hana Noskova
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Assaf Raz
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Jiri Sana
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- A. Nick Shamie
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Philip S. Stewart
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Affiliation Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
- Jerry L. Stonemetz
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeffrey C. Wang
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Timothy F. Witham
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Michael F. Coscia
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, OrthoIndy Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Christof Birkenmaier
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
- Vincent A. Fischetti
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Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Ondrej Slaby
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* E-mail: mcapoor@mail.rockefeller.edu (MNC); ondrej.slaby@ceitec.muni.cz (OS)
Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Competing Interests
MNC, FSA, JCB, JLS, OS, JES, KM, and VAF have stock ownership or options in DiscitisDX, Inc. KM is an employee of Celgene Corporation. There are no other financial or non-financial competing interests. These affiliations do not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: MNC FR JES GJ TM RJ MS RL FSA TFA NA JCB NB SDD RKE SF SG JSG ZLG CCK YL KM EM HN AR JS ANS PSS JLS JCW TW MFC CB VAF OS. Data curation: MNC FR RJ MS FSA OS TM EM JS JCB GJ PSS SF. Formal analysis: MNC FR JES GJ RJ MS FSA OS TM JS CB JCB SF PSS EM AR. Funding acquisition: MNC OS FR GJ RJ MS FSA PSS. Investigation: MNC FR JES GJ TM RJ MS FSA JCB SF EM HN AR JS OS. Methodology: MNC FR JES GJ RJ MS FSA TFA OS KM AR JS PSS JLS ZLG TW MFC CB VAF OS SDD JCW. Project administration: OS MNC. Resources: MNC FR GJ RJ MS FSA PSS OS. Supervision: MNC OS CB VAF GJ PSS. Validation: MNC FR GJ TM RJ MS FSA SF HN JS PSS OS. Visualization: MNC FR JES GJ TM RJ MS RL FSA TFA NA JCB NB SDD RKE SF SG JSG ZLG CCK YL KM EM HN AR JS ANS PSS JLS JCW TW MFC CB VAF OS. Writing – original draft: MNC JES GJ FSA JCB JS KM CB OS. Writing – review & editing: MNC FR JES GJ TM RJ MS RL FSA TFA NA JCB NB SDD RKE SF SG JSG ZLG CCK YL KM EM HN AR JS ANS PSS JLS JCW TW MFC CB VAF OS.