Author
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.
Coauthor(s)
Lauren Touleyrou, MD, MPH Senior Fellow in Infectious Disease, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lauren Touleyrou, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Chief Editor
Michael Stuart Bronze, MD David Ross Boyd Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Stewart G Wolf Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center; Master of the American College of Physicians; Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London
Michael Stuart Bronze, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Association of Professors of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Oklahoma State Medical Association, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
Hari Polenakovik, MD, FACP, FIDSA Professor of Medicine, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine
Hari Polenakovik, MD, FACP, FIDSA is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians, American Society for Microbiology, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Sylvia Polenakovik, MD Internist, Department of Internal Medicine, Sycamore Hospital; Internist, Miami Valley Hospitalist Group, MVH; Clinical Instructor, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine
Sylvia Polenakovik, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Claudia D Jarrin Tejada, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University Physician Group, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Claudia D Jarrin Tejada, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Leslie L Barton, MD Professor Emerita of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Leslie L Barton, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, Association of Pediatric Program Directors, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Ramesh A Bharadwaj, MD, Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Emily Anne Carpenter Rose, MD, Fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Rosalie Elenitsas, MD Herman Beerman Associate Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Director, Penn Cutaneous Pathology Services, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Rosalie Elenitsas, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology and American Society of Dermatopathology
Disclosure: Lippincott Williams Wilkins Royalty Textbook editor; DLA Piper Consulting fee Consulting
Wesley W Emmons, MD, FACP Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University; Consulting Staff, Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Christiana Care, Newark, DE
Wesley W Emmons, MD, FACP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and International AIDS Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Ronald A Greenfield, MD Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Ronald A Greenfield, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Federation for Medical Research, American Society for Microbiology, Central Society for Clinical Research, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Medical Mycology Society of the Americas, Phi Beta Kappa, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, and Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology
Disclosure: Pfizer Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Gilead Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Ortho McNeil Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Abbott Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Astellas Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Cubist Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Forest Pharmaceuticals Speaking and teaching
Ashir Kumar, MD, MBBS, FAAP, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Mark Louden, MD, FACEP Assistant Medical Director, Emergency Department, Duke Raleigh Hospital
Mark Louden, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine and American College of Emergency Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Antonio Muñiz, MD Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Medical Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department, Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Antonio Muñiz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Southern Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
James J Nordlund, MD Professor Emeritus, Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
James J Nordlund, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, Sigma Xi, and Society for Investigative Dermatology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Allison J Richard, MD Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Associate Director, Division of International Medicine; Attending Physician, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Hospital Emergency Department
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH Professor and Head, Dermatology, Professor of Pathology, Pediatrics, Medicine, and Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School
Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Physicians, and Sigma Xi
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
Mordechai M Tarlow, MD Clinical Associate, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Mordechai M Tarlow, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, American Society for MOHS Surgery, American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery, and Sigma Xi
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD Compliance Officer, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Health Richland, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Health Baptist
Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Robert W Tolan Jr, MD Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine
Robert W Tolan Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Society for Microbiology, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Physicians for Social Responsibility
Disclosure: GlaxoSmithKline Honoraria Speaking and teaching; MedImmune Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Merck Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Sanofi Pasteur Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Baxter Healthcare Honoraria Speaking and teaching; Novartis Honoraria Speaking and teaching
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 Professor, Department of Surgery (Emergency Medicine), Stanford University Medical Center
Eric L Weiss, MD 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.
Michael J Wells, MD Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L Foster School of Medicine
Michael J Wells, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, and Texas Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
