Author
Darvin Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H, FIDSA Chief of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
Darvin Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H, FIDSA is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Infectious Diseases Society of America, International Society of Travel Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Jade Chee Riopelle, BS
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Chief Editor
Pranatharthi Haran Chandrasekar, MBBS, MD Professor, Chief of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Pranatharthi Haran Chandrasekar, MBBS, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Society for Microbiology, International Immunocompromised Host Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
David R Haburchak, MD, FACP Key Faculty, Wellstar Kennestone Internal Medicine Residency Program, Wellstar Health System
David R Haburchak, MD, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Osler Society, American Society for Microbiology, Christian Medical and Dental Associations, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Vinod K Dhawan, MD, FACP, FRCPC, FIDSA Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine; Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
Vinod K Dhawan, MD, FACP, FRCPC, FIDSA is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Christopher M Watson, MD, MPH Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Christopher M Watson, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Jeffrey L Arnold, MD, FACEP Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Jeffrey L Arnold, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine and American College of Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Basim Asmar, MD Director, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Michigan; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Basim Asmar, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Anika Baxter Tam, MD Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University / Bellevue Hospital
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Pranatharthi Haran Chandrasekar, MBBS, MD Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Director of Infectious Disease Fellowship, Harper Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Pranatharthi Haran Chandrasekar, MBBS, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians and Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Swati Garekar, MBBS Staff Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Swati Garekar, MBBS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Aaron Hexdall, MD Assistant Professor, Director of the International Emergency Medicine Initiative, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Patrick W Hickey, MD, FAAP Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Consulting Staff, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Patrick W Hickey, MD, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Ashir Kumar, MD, MBBS, FAAP Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Ashir Kumar, MD, MBBS, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Mark Louden, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine
Mark Louden, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine and American College of Emergency Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Russell W Steele, MD Head, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ochsner Children's Health Center; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine
Russell W Steele, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Immunologists, American Pediatric Society, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Louisiana State Medical Society, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Society for Pediatric Research, and Southern Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Medscape Salary Employment
Eric L Weiss, MD, DTM&H Medical Director, Office of Service Continuity and Disaster Planning, Fellowship Director, Stanford University Medical Center Disaster Medicine Fellowship, Chairman, SUMC and LPCH Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness Task Force, Clinical Associate Progressor, Department of Surgery (Emergency Medicine), Stanford University Medical Center
Eric L Weiss, MD, DTM&H is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, American Medical Association, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Southern Association for Oncology, Southern Clinical Neurological Society, and Wilderness Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Mary L Windle, PharmD Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.