About the Authors

Sarah Malek

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

maleks@purdue.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health (ICMH), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Roman M. Natoli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health (ICMH), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Bartek Rajwa

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

Roman M. Natoli and Sarah Malek share a patent titled “Methods for detecting fracture-related infection (FRI)” International Application No. PCT/US2022/046515.