About the Authors

Neela D. Goswami

Contributed equally to this work with: Neela D. Goswami, Christopher D. Pfeiffer

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher D. Pfeiffer

Contributed equally to this work with: Neela D. Goswami, Christopher D. Pfeiffer

Affiliations Department of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

John R. Horton

Affiliation Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Karen Chiswell

Affiliation Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Asba Tasneem

Affiliation Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ephraim L. Tsalik

e.t@duke.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Emergency Medicine Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NDG CDP ELT. Performed the experiments: JRH KC AT. Analyzed the data: JRH KC AT. Wrote the paper: NDG CDP ELT. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: NDG CDP ELT JRH KC AT.