About the Authors

Howard B. Gale

howard.gale@va.gov

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Manuel D. Rodriguez

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Heather J. Hoffman

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Debra A. Benator

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Fred M. Gordin

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Ann M. Labriola

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Virginia L. Kan

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Collected and categorized the data: HBG. Interpretation of the data: HBG VLK MDR HJH DAB FMG AML. Review of the manuscript: HBG VLK MDR HJH DAB FMG AML. Conceived and designed the experiments: HBG. Performed the experiments: HBG. Analyzed the data: HJH HBG. Wrote the paper: HBG VLK MDR HJH DAB FMG AML.