Paul G. Auwaerter
Associate Professor of Medicine, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 10753 Falls Road, Suite 325, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA. Tel: +1 410 583 2774; Fax: +1 410 583 2883; E-mail: pauwaert@jhmi.edu

John Aucott
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Park Medical Associates, Suite 200, Greenspring Station, 10755 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD 21093, USA. Tel: +1 410 583 7124; Fax: +1 410 583 7128; E-mail: jaucott@jhmi.edu

J. Stephen Dumler (corresponding author)
Professor of Pathology, Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Markey Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Ross Research Building, Room 624, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Tel: +1 410 955 8654; Fax: +1 443 287 3665; E-mail: sdumler@jhmi.edu