About the Authors
- Steven R. Gill
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* E-mail: steven_gill@urmc.rochester.edu
Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Lauren M. McIntyre
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Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Charlotte L. Nelson
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Affiliation Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Brian Remortel
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Current address: Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland
Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Tom Rude
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- L. Barth Reller
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Vance G. Fowler Jr.
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Affiliations Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Fowler has served as a consultant for Astellas, Cubist, Inhibitex, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, Shire, Leo Pharmaceuticals, NovaDigm, The Medicines Company, Baxter Pharmaceuticals & Biosynexus; has received grant or research support from Astellas, Cubist, Inhibitex, Merck, Theravance, Cerexa, Pfizer, Novartis, Advanced Liquid Logic and National Institute of Health; has received honoraria from Arpida, Astellas, Cubist, Inhibitex, Merck, Pfizer, Targanta, Theravance, Wyeth, Ortho-McNeil, Novartis & Vertex Pharmaceuticals; has served on an advisory committee for Cubist; is employed by Duke University; and has served as a speaker's bureau for Cubist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SRG LMM CLN BR LBR VGF. Performed the experiments: SRG BR TR. Analyzed the data: LMM CLN SRG VGF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRG LMM CLN VGF LBR. Wrote the paper: SRG LMM CLN VGF.