Disclosure statement
No financial support was received, and the authors report no conflicts of interest.
Authors’ note
The study was approved by the institutional review board of the hospital. The need for informed consent was not mandated in view of the retrospective nature of the study.
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Notes on contributors
Sumaira Khan
Sumaira Khan received her PharmD from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy in Houston, Texas. Her clinical practice interests include emergency medicine, infectious diseases, and critical care.
Kady Phe
Kady Phe is a clinical pharmacist specialized in infectious diseases at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Her research interests include infections with multidrug-resistant organisms and in solid organ transplant patients.
Vincent H. Tam
Vincent Tam is a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. His research interests include pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials, mathematical modeling and simulation of biological processes, and the mechanisms underlining bacterial resistance.