About the Authors

Daniel P. O'Brien

Daniel.obrien@amsterdam.msf.org

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia, Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Anthony McDonald

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia

Peter Callan

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia

Mike Robson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Pathcare, Geelong, Australia

N. Deborah Friedman

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia

Andrew Hughes

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia

Ian Holten

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia

Aaron Walton

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia

Eugene Athan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DOB AMD PC IH AH NDF EA AW. Performed the experiments: DOB AMD PC IH AH NDF EA AW MR. Analyzed the data: DOB. Wrote the paper: DOB EA NDF.