About the Authors

Philip A. Chan

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Leonard A. Mermel

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sarah B. Andrea

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Russell McCulloh

Affiliations Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

John P. Mills

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Ignacio Echenique

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Emily Leveen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Natasha Rybak

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Cheston Cunha

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Jason T. Machan

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Terrance T. Healey

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Kimberle C. Chapin

kchapin@lifespan.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Kimberle Chapin has received compensation for speaking on behalf of Luminex. The other authors declared no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAC LAM KCC. Performed the experiments: PAC SBA RM JPM IE EL NR CC TTH. Analyzed the data: PAC SBA JTM TTH LM KCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KC JTM. Wrote the paper: PAC LAM SBA KCC.