About the Authors

Vincent H. Tam

vtam@uh.edu

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences and Administration, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael Nikolaou

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Vincent H. Tam has received unrestricted research grants from Achaogen, AstraZeneca and Merck. He has also received speaking honoraria from Merck. Michael Nikolaou: none to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VHT MN. Performed the experiments: VHT. Analyzed the data: VHT MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN. Wrote the paper: VHT.