About the Authors
- Elliot L. Burghardt
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Katie S. Flenker
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Karen C. Clark
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Jeff Miguel
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Dilek Ince
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Patricia Winokur
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Bradley Ford
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- James O. McNamara II
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* E-mail: james-mcnamara@uiowa.edu
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Competing Interests
P.W and D.I. report no conflict of interest. E.L.B., K.S.F., K.C.C. and J.O.M. are inventors on a relevant patent application (“Oligonucleotidebased Probes and Methods for Detection of Microbes”; International Application Number: PCT/US15/15062). B.F. has participated in clinical trials of diagnostic tests with Cepheid Inc and Accelerate Diagnostics Inc. J.O.M. is founder and owner of Nuclease Probe Technologies Inc. These interests do not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ELB KCC DI PW BF JOM. Performed the experiments: ELB KSF KCC JM. Analyzed the data: ELB KSF KCC JM JOM. Wrote the paper: ELB KSF KCC JM DI PW BF JOM.