Author
Edward Charbek, MD, FCCP Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Associate Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, St Louis University School of Medicine; Medical Director, Kindred Hospital-St Louis
Edward Charbek, MD, FCCP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Specialty Editor Board
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Received salary from Medscape for employment. for: Medscape.
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
Charles V Sanders, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, Alpha Omega Alpha, American Association for Physician Leadership, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors, American Clinical and Climatological Association, American College of Physicians, American Federation for Medical Research, American Geriatrics Society, American Lung Association, American Medical Association, American Society for Microbiology, American Thoracic Society, American Venereal Disease Association, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Association of American Medical Colleges, Association of American Physicians, Association of Professors of Medicine, Infectious Disease Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Louisiana State Medical Society, Orleans Parish Medical Society, Royal Society of Medicine, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, Society of General Internal Medicine, Southeastern Clinical Club, Southern Medical Association, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology, The Foundation for AIDS Research
Disclosure: Receives royalties from Baxter International for: Takeda-receives royalties; UpToDate-receives royalties.
Chief Editor
John L Brusch, MD, FACP Corresponding Faculty Member, Harvard Medical School
John L Brusch, MD, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
Joshua S Hawley-Molloy, MD Staff Physician, Infectious Disease Service, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center
Joshua S Hawley-Molloy, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Phi Beta Kappa, Armed Forces Infectious Diseases Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Nirav Patel, MD † Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, and Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, St Louis University School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer, Director of Antibiotic Stewardship, Infection Control Officer, St Louis University Hospital
Nirav Patel, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Infectious Diseases Society of St Louis, Missouri State Medical Association, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Evan G Brown, DO Resident Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center
Evan G Brown, DO is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians and American Osteopathic Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Kenneth C Earhart, MD Deputy Head, Disease Surveillance Program, United States Naval Medical Research Unit #3
Kenneth C Earhart, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Leanne B Gasink, MD, MSc Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Faculty-Fellow, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Disclosure: Johnson and Johnson Salary Employment
Joshua S Hawley-Molloy, MD Staff Physician, Infectious Disease Service, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center
Joshua S Hawley-Molloy, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, Armed Forces Infectious Diseases Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and Phi Beta Kappa
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH Director of Infection Control, Presbyterian Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Epidemiology, American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Epidemiologic Research, and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
