About the Authors

Aaron S. DeVries

aaron.devries@state.mn.us

Affiliation Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Lindsey Lesher

Affiliation Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Patrick M. Schlievert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Tyson Rogers

Current address: Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Clinical Research, Medtronic, Inc., Mounds View, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Lourdes G. Villaume

Current address: Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, California, United States of America

Affiliations Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Richard Danila

Affiliation Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Ruth Lynfield

Affiliation Minnesota Department of Health, Emerging Infections Program, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD LL PS TR RD RL. Performed the experiments: AD LL TR LV PS. Analyzed the data: AD LL TR LV RD RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD LL PS TR. Wrote the paper: AD.