Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Acknowledgments.
Financial support. B.R.W. was supported by a Gateway to Research Scho- larship from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. Access to and infrastructure for study data was provided by the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute supported by National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (grant number UL1TR000128).
Conflicts of Interest. J.C.M. has received research grants from Merck & Co. J.P.F. has received consulting fees from Merck & Co. and Shionogi, as well as research grants from Merck & Co. All other authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
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