Eugene A. Grossi, MD,a Y. Joseph Woo, MD,b Nirav Patel, MD,c Judith D. Goldberg, ScD,a
Charles F. Schwartz, MD,a Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD,c Christopher Genco, MD,d
Scott M. Goldman, MD,e Marco A. Zenati, MD,f J. Alan Wolfe, MD,g Yugal K. Mishra, MD,h and
Naresh Trehan, MDi

Emmanuel Lansac, MD, PhD,a Isabelle Di Centa, MD,b Ghassan Sleilaty, MD,b Eric Arnaud Crozat, MD,c
Olivier Bouchot, MD, PhD,d Rachid Hacini, MD,e Dominique Blin, MD,e Fabien Doguet, MD, PhD,f
Jen-Paul Bessou, MD, PhD,f Bernard Albat, MD, PhD,g Roland De Maria, MD, PhD,g
Jean-Pierre Villemot, MD, PhD,h Eric Portocarrero, MD,h Christophe Acar, MD, PhD,i Didier Chatel, MD,j
Ste´phane Lopez, MD,k Thierry Folliguet, MD, PhD,a and Mathieu Debauchez, MDa

Tristan D. Yan, BSc(Med), MBBS, PhD,a,b Ratnasari Padang, MBBS,c Chin Poh,a
Christopher Cao, BSc(Med), MBBS,a,b Michael K. Wilson, MBBS,a,b Paul G. Bannon, MBBS, PhD,a,b and
Michael P. Vallely, MBBS, PhDa,b

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Helen Won,1,2 Richard Rothman,1,2 Padmini Ramachandran,1 Yu-Hsiang Hsieh,1 Aleksandar Kecojevic,1 Karen C. Carroll,3 Deborah Aird,3
Charlotte Gaydos,1,2 and Samuel Yang1*

Joseph Kim a,*, Daniel B. Gregson a,b,c, Terry Ross c,d,
Kevin B. Laupland a,b,c,d

Margriet F. C. de Jong,1* Robin Soetekouw,1 Reinier W. ten Kate,1 and Dick Veenendaal2
Department of Internal Medicine, Kennemer Gasthuis, Boerhaavelaan 22, 2035 RC Haarlem, Netherlands,1 and
Department of Medical Microbiology, Streeklaboratorium voor de Volksgezondheid, Kennemerland,
Boerhaavelaan 26, 2035 RC Haarlem, Netherlands2

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To the Editor:

Steven J. Hoff, MD, Stephen K. Ball, MD, Marzia Leacche, MD, Natalia Solenkova, BA,
Ramanan Umakanthan, BA, Michael R. Petracek, MD, Rashid Ahmad, MD,
James P. Greelish, MD, Kristie Walker, ANP, and John G. Byrne, MD