About the Authors

Jose C. Garcia-Garcia

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicole C. Barat

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sarah J. Trembley

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

J. Stephen Dumler

sdumler@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCGG JSD. Performed the experiments: JCGG NCB SJT. Analyzed the data: JCGG SJT JSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCGG NCB SJT JSD. Wrote the paper: JCGG JSD. Designed and did most of the experiments and prepared the manuscript: JCGG. Helped with cell culture model of infection, qPCRs and analysis of human isolates: NCB. Was involved in the HDAC inhibitor studies: SJT.