About the Authors

Ekaterina G. Semenyuk

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Michelle L. Laning

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Jennifer Foley

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Pehga F. Johnston

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Katherine L. Knight

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Dale N. Gerding

Affiliation Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois, United States of America

Adam Driks

adriks@lumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Adam Driks is an Academic Editor for PLoS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EGS DNG AD. Performed the experiments: EGS MLL JF PFJ AD. Analyzed the data: EGS MLL DNG AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PFJ DNG KLK. Wrote the paper: EGS AD.