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Chinelo N Animalu, MD, MPH, FIDSA Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine; Physician, Department of Infectious Disease, University of Tennessee Methodist Physicians (UTMP), Methodist University Hospital

Chinelo N Animalu, MD, MPH, FIDSA is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Memphis Medical Society, Tennessee Medical Association

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Aditya Sathe, BEng MD Candidate, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

Aditya Sathe, BEng is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Urological Association

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Charles V Sanders, MD Edgar Hull Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans; Medical Director, Medicine Hospital Center, Charity Hospital and Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans; Consulting Staff, Ochsner Medical Center

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Fred A Lopez, MD Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Louisiana State University School of Medicine

Fred A Lopez, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Louisiana State Medical Society

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Duane R Hospenthal, MD, PhD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH Physician, San Antonio Infectious Diseases Consultants; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Duane R Hospenthal, MD, PhD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Society for Microbiology, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Armed Forces Infectious Diseases Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, International Society for Infectious Diseases, International Society of Travel Medicine, Medical Mycological Society of the Americas, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Jairo A Fonseca, MD Resident Physician, Department of Pediatrics, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center

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Clinton Murray, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, American Medical Association, American Society for Microbiology, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Association of Military Surgeons of the US, and Infectious Diseases Society of America

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