About the Authors

Vinai Chittezham Thomas

Affiliation Center for Staphylococcal Research, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Marat R. Sadykov

Affiliation Center for Staphylococcal Research, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Sujata S. Chaudhari

Affiliation Center for Staphylococcal Research, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Joselyn Jones

Affiliation Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Jennifer L. Endres

Affiliation Center for Staphylococcal Research, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Todd J. Widhelm

Affiliation Center for Staphylococcal Research, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Jong-Sam Ahn

Affiliation Center for Staphylococcal Research, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Randeep S. Jawa

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Matthew C. Zimmerman

Affiliation Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Kenneth W. Bayles

kbayles@unmc.edu

Affiliation Center for Staphylococcal Research, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VCT KWB MCZ. Performed the experiments: VCT MRS SSC JJ JLE TJW JSA RSJ. Analyzed the data: VCT MRS SSC JJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VCT KWB MCZ. Wrote the paper: VCT KWB.