About the Authors

Sophie G. Minick

Contributed equally to this work with: Sophie G. Minick, Crystal L. Stafford

Affiliation Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Safety and Effectiveness, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Crystal L. Stafford

Contributed equally to this work with: Sophie G. Minick, Crystal L. Stafford

Affiliation Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Safety and Effectiveness, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Barbara L. Kertz

Affiliation Infectious Disease Section, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Jeffery A. Cully

Affiliation Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Safety and Effectiveness, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Melinda A. Stanley

Affiliation Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Safety and Effectiveness, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Jessica A. Davila

Affiliation Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Safety and Effectiveness, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Bich N. Dang

Affiliation Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Safety and Effectiveness, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas

Affiliations Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Safety and Effectiveness, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America, Infectious Disease Section, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Thomas P. Giordano

tpg@bcm.tcm.edu

Affiliation Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Safety and Effectiveness, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAC MAS JAD MCR TPG. Performed the experiments: CLS BLK. Analyzed the data: SGM CLS BLK JAC MAS JAD BND MCR TPG. Wrote the paper: SGM CLS BLK JAC MAS JAD BND MCR TPG.