Blakeway, Luke V.
Tan, Aimee
Jurcisek, Joseph A.
Bakaletz, Lauren O.
Atack, John M.
Peak, Ian R.
Seib, Kate L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7094-3528
Funding for this research was provided by:
Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Career Development Fellowship, Project Grant 1099279, Project Grant 1099279, Project Grant 1099279)
Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation (Fellowship)
Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation (Grant in Aid Supplementation, Grant in Aid Supplementation)
Australian Government (Research Training Program Scholarship)
Article History
Received: 11 June 2019
Accepted: 22 November 2019
First Online: 9 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written consent for the acquisition and use of chinchillas was obtained from Rausher Chinchilla Ranch (LaRue, Ohio). Animal care and all procedures were performed under a protocol approved by the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Research Institute Animal Care and Use Committee (Protocol #01304AR) and in compliance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Strain CCRI-195ME was recovered from a patient undergoing surgery for tympanostomy tube insertion, after obtaining written Informed Consent from patient’s guardian. Consent forms and study protocols were approved by the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Institutional Review Board (protocol #0312HS196).
: Not applicable.
: KLS is a member of the editorial board (Associate Editor) of BMC Microbiology. The authors declare that they have no other competing interests.