About the Authors

Michael J. Hickey

michael.hickey@med.monash.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Rain Y. Q. Kwan

Affiliation Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Milena M. Awad

Affiliation Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Catherine L. Kennedy

Affiliation Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Lauren F. Young

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Monash University, Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Pam Hall

Affiliation Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Leanne M. Cordner

Affiliation Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Dena Lyras

Affiliation Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

John J. Emmins

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Monash University, Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Julian I. Rood

Affiliation Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH MA DL JE JR. Performed the experiments: RK MA CK LY PH LC. Analyzed the data: MH RK PH. Wrote the paper: MH MA JR. Supervised experiments: DL JE.