About the Authors

Graham Devereux

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Danielle Wrolstad

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Precision for Medicine, Oncology and Rare Disease, Carlsbad, CA, United States of America

Stephen J. Bourke

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Cori L. Daines

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Banner University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Simon Doe

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Ryan Dougherty

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation San Francisco Critical Care Medical Group California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, United States of America

Rose Franco

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation The Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Alastair Innes

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Benjamin T. Kopp

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Jorge Lascano

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Daniel Layish

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Central Florida Pulmonary Group, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Gordon MacGregor

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Lorna Murray

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, United Kingdom

Daniel Peckham

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Vincenzina Lucidi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Ospedale Padiatrico Bambino Gesu Centro Fibrosi Cistica, Rome, Italy

Emma Lovie

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation NovaBiotics Ltd, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Jennifer Robertson

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation NovaBiotics Ltd, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Douglas J. Fraser-Pitt

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Doug@novabiotics.co.uk

Affiliation NovaBiotics Ltd, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Deborah A. O'Neil

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NovaBiotics Ltd, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: Deborah A O’Neil (DO) is the CEO, CSO, and shareholder of the trial sponsor NovaBiotics Ltd. Douglas J Fraser-Pitt (DFP) is a Principal Scientist and salaried employee of the trial sponsor NovaBiotics Ltd. Emma Lovie (EL) is a research scientist and Jennifer Robertson (JR) is a laboratory manager/research scientist; Both are salaried employees of the trial sponsor NovaBiotics Ltd. Graham Devereux (GD) received support from NovaBiotics Ltd to attend the 2018 NACFC. Danielle Wrolstad (DW) reports personal fees through her employer (Precision Medicine Group) from NovaBiotics Ltd, during the study. Rose Franco (RF), Stephen J Bourke (SB), Benjamin T Kopp (BK) and Ryan Dougherty (RD) report grant from NovaBiotics Ltd during the conduct of the study. SB & BK report grants from Vertex outside the submitted work. DFP and DO are authors of patent; WO2016198842A1, IL256162D0 - An amino thiol for use in the treatment of an infection caused by the bacterium mycobacterium spp. DO is also author of the following patents; US9364491B2 (and other territories) - Antimicrobial compositions with cysteamine/A composition comprising an antibiotic and a dispersant; WO2016046524A1 - Use of cysteamine in treating infections caused by yeasts/moulds; US9782423B2 (and other territories) - Antibiotic compositions comprising an antibiotic agent and cysteamine; US9339525B2 (and other territories) - Inhibition of biofilm organisms; and US20190175501A1 pending (and other territories) - Microparticles comprising a sulphur-containing compound. (JR, EL, DFP, and DO) are involved in the development of cysteamine bitartrate as a therapy for cystic fibrosis. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.