About the Authors

Kathleen O’Connor

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

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Benjamin D. Mallinger

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, West Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

Nicholas A. Bedard

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Robin Patel

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

patel.robin@mayo.edu

Affiliations Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

R.P. reports grants from MicuRx Pharmaceuticals and ImmuCell. R.P. is a consultant to PhAST, Iterum Therapeutics, DEEPULL DIAGNOSTICS, Claryx, Inc., Nostics, and CARB-X. In addition, R.P. has a patent on Bordetella pertussis/parapertussis PCR issued, a patent on a device/method for sonication, a patent on PET imaging of bacterial infection with a PET probe filed, and a patent on an anti-biofilm substance issued. R.P. receives honoraria from Up-to-Date and the Infectious Diseases Board Review Course. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.