About the Authors

Kathryn B. Whitlock

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation New Harmony Statistical Consulting LLC, Shoreline, Washington, United States of America

Christopher E. Pope

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

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Paul Hodor

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Lucas R. Hoffman

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

David L. Limbrick Jr.

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Patrick J. McDonald

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jason S. Hauptman

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeffrey G. Ojemann

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

Affiliations Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Tamara D. Simon

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

tsimon@chla.usc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and The Saban Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

on behalf of the Cerebrospinal FLuId MicroBiota in Shunts Study (CLIMB) Group

Membership of the CLIMB Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health via R01 NS095979 awarded to TDS, CEP, PH, LRH, DLL, PM, and KW via New Harmony Statistical Consulting LLC. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.