About the Authors

Vlada V. Melekhin

vlada.melekhin@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bryan E. Shepherd

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Samuel E. Stinnette

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Comprehensive Care Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Peter F. Rebeiro

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Megan M. Turner

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Comprehensive Care Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Timothy R. Sterling

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VVM TRS. Performed the experiments: VVM. Analyzed the data: VVM BES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SES PFR MMT. Wrote the paper: VVM.