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Authors and Editors

Author: Steven Fine, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Editor: Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, Michigan State University.

Previous contributing coauthors and editors:

Coauthor(s): Jatinder Singh, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Mark Clark, MD, Associate Program Director, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; James S Cohen, MD, Consulting Staff, James Cohen, PC.