About the Authors

Mao Kinoshita

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Masaru Shimizu

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Koichi Akiyama

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hideya Kato

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Kiyoshi Moriyama

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan

Teiji Sawa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

anesth@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

T. Sawa has patents associated with PcrV immunization (World Patent No. WO0033872; European Patent No. EP1049488; U.S. Patent No. 6309651; U.S. Patent No. 6827935, and Japan Patent No. 2017-020501). Until 2011, T. Sawa received a patent fee from the Regents of the University of California related to the development of a therapeutic monoclonal antibody at KaloBios Pharmaceutical. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no current financial relationships with any organization associated with this study.