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CORRECTION Open Access Correction to: Atypical pathogens in hospitalized patients with community- acquired pneumonia: a worldwide perspective Andrea Gramegna1, Giovanni Sotgiu2, Marta Di Pasquale1, Dejan Radovanovic3, Silvia Terraneo4, Luis F. Reyes5, Ester Vendrell6, Joao Neves7, Francesco Menzella8, Francesco Blasi1, Stefano Aliberti1*, Marcos I. Restrepo5 and on behalf of the GLIMP Study Group
Correction to: BMC Infect Dis 18, 677 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3565-z
Following publication of the original article [1], the au- General Alvear, Ciudad, Mendoza, Argentina); Lautaro de thors identified that they have been incorrectly tagged Vedia (Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Muñiz, under the name of their related consortium GLIMP Buenos Aires, Argentina); Maria Cristina Ganaha Study Group. (Infectious Diseases Ward, Hospital Interzonal General de Below the GLIMP Study Group authors’ names are Agudos, Vicente Lopez y Planes from General Rodriguez, given: Buenos Aires, Argentina); Sandra Lambert (Hospital El Argentina—Patricia Karina Aruj (Department of Cruce - Alta Complejidad en Red, Argentina); Gustavo Internal Medicine, University Hospital Alfredo Lanari, Lopardo, Hospital Bernardo Houssay, Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina); Silvia Attorri (Hospital Luis Argentina); Carlos M Luna (Pulmonary Medicine Lagomaggiore, Mendoza, Argentina); Enrique Barimboim Division, Department of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas, (Hospital Central de Mendoza, Argentina); Juan Pablo Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina); Alessio Gerardo Caeiro, María I Garzón (Hospital Privado Universitario, Malberti (Hospital Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Córdoba, Argentina); Victor Hugo Cambursano (V H Dr. Argentina); Nora Morcillo and Silvina Tartara (Hospital Cazaux A Servicio de Neumologia, Hospital Rawson, Zonal Especializado de Agudos y Crónicos Dr. Antonio A Córdoba, Argentina); Adrian Ceccato (Hospital Nacional Cetrangolo, Argentina); Claudia Pensotti (Infectious Prof Alejandro Posadas, Argentina); Julio Chertcoff, Diseases and Infection Control Department, Buenos Aires, Florencia Lascar, Fernando Di Tulio (Critical Care Unit Clinica Privada Monte Grande, Argentina); Betiana and Respiratory Medicine, Buenos Aires British Hospital, Pereyra (Hospital San Roque, Córdoba, Argentina); Pablo Buenos Aires, Argentina); Ariel Cordon Díaz (Hospital Gustavo Scapellato (Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital D F Santojanni, Argentina); Juan Pablo Stagnaro (HZGA Mi Pueblo, Florencio Varela, Argentina). The original article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879- Australia—Sonali Shah (Department of General Medicine, 018-3565-z. – * Correspondence: [email protected] Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia). Austria Felix 1Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Lötsch, Florian Thalhammer (Division of Infectious Internal Medicine Department, Respiratory unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via — Francesco Sforza 35, 20122 Milan, Italy I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria). Belgium Jean Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Louis Vincent (Department of Intensive Care, Erasme
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University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Hospital, Aulnay sous Bois, France); Christian Brun- Buis- Belgium); Kurt Anseeuw (ZNA Campus Stuivenberg, son (Univ Hospital Henri Mondor, 94000 Créteil, France); Antwerp, Belgium); Camille A Francois (Anesthesia and Etienne de Montmollin (Intensive care unit, Hôpital critical care department, Erasme university hospital, Delafontaine, Centre hospitalier de Saint-Denis, Saint- Brussels, Belgium); Eva Van Braeckel (Department of Denis, France); Muriel Fartoukh (Unité de réanimation Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, médico-chirurgicale, Pôle Thorax Voies aériennes, Hôpital Belgium). Benin—Marcel Zannou Djimon, Jules Bashi, Tenon, Groupe Hospitalier Est Parisien, France); Jonathan DodoRoger(CentreHospitalierUniversitaireHKMof Messika (Publique-Hôpital de Paris, Service de Réanimation Cotonou, Benin). Brazil—Simone Aranha Nouér (Federal Médicochirurgicale, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes, University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). France, and Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Bulgaria—Peter Chipev, Milena Encheva (Clinic of Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France); Pierre Tattevin (Infec- Pulmonary Diseases, Military Medical Academy, Sofi a, tious Diseases & ICU, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Bulgaria); Darina Miteva (UMHAT “St. Marina”,Varna, Rennes, France). Germany—Michael Dreher (Department Bulgaria); Diana Petkova (University Hospital Varna, of Cardiology, Pneumology, Vascular Medicine and Bulgaria. Cameroon—Balkissou Adamou Dodo (Yaounde Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Jamot Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon); Mbatchou Ngahane Aachen, Germany); Martin Kolditz (Division of Bertrand Hugo (Douala General Hospital, Douala, Pulmonology, Medical Department I, University Hospital Cameroon). China—Ning Shen (Respiratory Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China); Jin-fu Germany); Matthias Meisinger (Klinikum Niederlausitz Xu, (Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai GmbH, Klinik für Innere Medizin und Intensivmedizin, Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, China). Colombia— Senftenberg, Germany); Mathias W Pletz and Stefan Hagel Carlos Andres Bustamante Rico, Ricardo Buitrago (Clinica (Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena Shaio, Bogota, Colombia); Fernando Jose Pereira Paternina University Hospital, Germany); Jan Rupp (Department of (Las Americas Clinic, Medellin, Colombia). Congo— Molecular and Infectious Diseases, University of Lübeck, Kayembe Ntumba Jean-Marie (Cliniques Universitaires de Lübeck, Germany); Tom Schaberg (Zentrum für Pneumo- Kinshasa, DR Congo). Croatia—Vesna Vladic Carevic logie, Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Rotenburg, Germany); (Interne Medicine, Dubrovnik, Croatia); Marko Jakopovic Marc Spielmanns (Internal Medicine Department, Pulmon- (Medical School, University of Zagreb, Department for ary rehabilitation and Department of Health, School of Respiratory Diseases Jordanovac, University Hospital Medicine, University Witten- Herdecke, St Remigius- Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia); Mateja Jankovic Hospital, Leverkusen, Germany). Ghana—Beatrice Siaw- (University Hospital Center Zagreb, Department for Lartey (Komfo-Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana). Respiratory Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia); Zinka Matkovic Greece—Katerina Dimakou (5th Rerpiratory Medicine Dpt, (University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia); Ivan “SOTIRIA” Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece); Dimosthenis Mitrecic (Karlovac general hospital, Karlovac, Croatia). Papapetrou (Medical Group of Athens, Paleo Faliro Clinic, Denmark—Marie-Laure Bouchy Jacobsson (Emergency Athens, Greece); Evdoxia Tsigou and Dimitrios Ampazis, Department in North Zealand Hospital – Hillerød, Agioi Anargiroi Hospital, Kifi ssia, Athens, Greece). India— Denmark); Anette Bro Christensen (Department of Anae- Mohit Bhatia (S S Hospital IMS BHU Varanasi, India); Raja thesiology, Viborg Region Hospital, Denmark); Uff e Dhar (Fortis Hospitals, Kolkata, India); George D’Souza Christian HeitmannBødtger (Department of Pulmonology, (Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St John’s Medical Naestved Hospital, Denmark); Christian Niels Meyer College Hospital, Bangalore, India); Rajiv Garg (Department (Department of Internal Medicine, Roskilde Hospital, of Respiratory Medicine, King George’s Medical University Copenhagen University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark); UP,Lucknow,India);ParvaizAKoul(Departmentof Andreas Vestergaard Jensen, Gertrud Baunbæk-knudsen, Internal & Pulmonary Medicine, SheriKashmir Institute of Pelle Trier Petersen and Stine Andersen (Department of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India); P A Mahesh and B S Lung and Infectious Diseases,NordsjællandsHospital- Jayaraj (Department of Pulmonary Medicine, JSS Medical Hillerød, Denmark). Egypt—Ibrahim El-Said Abd El- College, JSS University, Mysore, India); Kiran Vishnu Wahhab (Thoracic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Narayan (Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical Mansoura University, Egypt); Nesreen Elsayed Morsy College Kozhikode, Kerala, India); Hirennappa B Udnur (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Faculty of and Shashi Bhaskara Krishnamurthy (Columbia Asia Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt); Hanaa Hospital, Hebbal, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India). Iran—Kei- Shafi ek (Chest diseases department, Faculty of Medicine, han Golshani (Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Alexandria University, Egypt); Eman Sobh (Chest Diseases Iran). Ireland—Vera M Keatings (Letterkenny General Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt). France— Hospital, Co. Donegal, Ireland); Ignacio Martin-Loeches Fabrice Bertrand (Critical care Unit, Robert Ballanger (Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Research Organization Gramegna et al. 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(MICRO), St James’s University Hospital, Trinity Centre Netherlands). Nepal—Deebya Raj Mihsra (Internal Medi- for Health Sciences Dublin, Ireland). Israel—Yasmin Maor cine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal); (Infectious Disease Unit, Affi liated to Tel Aviv University, Poojan Shrestha, Oxford University Clinical Research Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel); Jacob Strahilevitz Unit, Patan Hospital, Nepal). New Zealand—Elliott (Department of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Ridgeon (Medical Research Institute of New Zealand). Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel). Nigeria—Babatunde Ishola Awokola (Department of Fam- Italy—Salvatore Battaglia (University of Palermo, Pneumo- ily Medicine & Primary Care, Lily Hospitals Limited, logia DiBiMIS, Palermo, Italy); Maria Carrabba (Internal Warri, Nigeria); Ogonna N O Nwankwo (University of Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca′ Granda Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria); Adefuye Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy); Piero Bolanle Olufunlola (Olabisi Onabanjo University teaching Ceriana (Pulmonary rehabilitation, IRCCS Fondazione hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria); Segaolu Olumide Maugeri, Pavia Italy); Marco Confalonieri (Department of (Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Unit, University Pulmunology, University Hospital, Trieste, Italy); College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria); Kingsley N Ukwaja Antonella d’Arminio Monforte (Department of Health (Department of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital Sciences, Clinic of Infectious Disease, San Paolo Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria). Pakistan—Muhammad University of Milan, Italy); Bruno Del Prato (Interven- Irfan (Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, tional Pneumology, Hospital Antonio Cardarelli, Naples, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Italy); Marino De Rosa (UOC Pneumologia San Filippo Pakistan). Poland—Lukasz Minarowski (Department of Neri ASL RM E, Rome, Italy); Riccardo Fantini (Respira- Lung Diseaes and Tuberculosis, Medical University of tory Diseases Clinic, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Bialystok, Poland); Skoczyński Szymon (Department of Italy); Giuseppe Fiorentino (UOC Fisiopatologia e Riabili- Pneumology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical tazione Respiratoria AO Ospedali dei Colli PO, Monaldi, University of Silesia, Katowice, Institute of Occupational Italy); Maria Antonia Gammino (Pulmonary Medicine Medicine and Environmental Health, Sosnowiec, Poland). Unit, San Martino Hospital, ASL 5 Oristano, Sardegna, Portugal—Felipe Froes (Hospital Pulido Valente - CHLN, Italy); Francesco Menzella (Department of Cardiac- Lisboa, Portugal); Pedro Leuschner (Centro Hospitalar do Thoracic-Vascular and Intensive Care Medicine, Pneu- Porto, Porto, Portugal); Mariana Meireles, Cláudia Ferrão, mology Unit, IRCCSArcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Pedro Leuschner and João Neves (Serviço de Medicina, Reggio Emilia, Italy); Giuseppe Milani (Azienda Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo, Abel Salazar, Porto, Ospedaliera Sant Anna di Como, Presidio Ospedale S Portugal); Sofi a B Ravara (Faculty of Health Sciences, Anna Nuovo, Unità Operativa di Pneumologia, Como, University of Beira Interior); Cova da Beira Hospital Cen- Italy); Stefano Nava (Alma Mater University of Bologna, ter, Covilhã, Portugal). Moldova—Victoria Brocovschii DIMES, Respiratory and Critical Care Unit Sant’Orsola (Department of Pneumology & Allergology, State Univer- Malpighi Hospital, Italy); Gerardo Palmiero (Respiratory sity of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu”, Unity, Versilia Hospital, Azienda USL 12 Viareggio, Lido Moldova); Chesov Ion (Clinic of Anesthesia and Intensive di Camaiore, Lucca, Italy); Roberta Petrino and Barbra Care “Valeriu Ghrerg”, Institute of Emergency Medicine, Gabrielli (Emergency Medicine Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Vercelli, Italy); Paolo Rossi (Internal Medicine Depart- Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Moldova); Doina Rusu (SMFU ment, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Maria della “N Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Moldova); Cristina Toma Misericordia, Udine, Italy); Claudio Sorino (Pulmonology (Department of Pneumology & Allergology, State Univer- Unit, AO Sant’Anna di Como, Italy); Gundi Steinhilber sity of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemitanu”, (Spedali Civili Brescia, UO Pneumologia e Fisiopatologia Chisinau, Moldova). Romania—Daniela Chirita (Hospital Respiratoria, Brescia, Italy); Alessandro Zanforlin (ULSS Sfantul Stefan, Bucharest, Romania). Russia—Alexei 18 Rovigo, Ospedale San Luca, Trecenta, Italy). Japan— Birkun (Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Kiyoyasu Kurahashi (Yokohama City University Medical Emergency Medicine, Medical Academy named after S I Center, Japan). Lebanon—Zeina Aoun Bacha (Medicine Georgievsky, Russia); Anna Kaluzhenina (Volgograd State school, St Joseph University, Beyrouth, Lebanon). Medical University, Russia). Saudi Arabia—Abdullah Mexico—Daniel Barajas Ugalde (National Institute of Almotairi (King Fahad medical City (KFMC), Riyadh, Respiratory Diseases, Mexico); Omar Ceballos Zuñiga Saudi Arabia); Zakeya Abdulbaqi Ali Bukhary (College of (Hospital General de Mexicali, Mexicali, Baja California, Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia); Mexico); José F Villegas (Hospital Universitario Jameela Edathodu (Al Faisal University, King Faisal Monterrey, México). Montenegro—Milic Medenica, Hos- Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia); Amal Fathy pital for Lung Diseases—Brezovik, Niksic, Montenegro). (Pulmonary and respiratory critical care Medicine, Netherlands—E M W van de Garde (Dept. Clinical Phar- Mansoura University Egypt, Affi liate at Taibah University, macy, St Antonius Hospital, Utrecht/ Nieuwegein, Saudi Arabia); Abdullah Mushira Abdulaziz Enani and Gramegna et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2020) 20:748 Page 4 of 5
Nazik Eltayeb Mohamed (Infectious Diseases Section, Barcelona, Spain); Francisco Sanz (Servicio de Neumolo- Medical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, gía, Consorci Hospital General Universitari de Valencia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia); Jawed Ulhadi Memon (Pulmonol- Valencia, Spain); Oriol Sibila and Ana Rodrigo-Troyano ogy Division, Department of Internal Medicine, King (Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Al Ahasa, 31982, Saudi Arabia). Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain); Jordi Solé-Violán Serbia—Nada Bogdanović (Pulmonary department of (Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las KHC Dr. DragišaMiš ović, Belgrade, Serbia); Branislava Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain); Ane Uranga (Pulmology Milenkovic (Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases, Clinical Department, Hospital of Galdakao-Usansolo, Spain); Job Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of FM van Boven (Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia); Dragica Pesut (University of de Mallorca, Spain); Ester Vendrell Torra and Jordi Almir- Belgrade School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital of all Pujol (Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital de Mataró, Pulmonology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia). Spain). South Africa—Charles Feldman (Division of Spain—Luis Borderìas, Respiratoy and Sleep Unit, Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charlotte Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, Spain); Noel Manuel Bordon Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Faculty of Garcia (Barcelona Policlínic and Moises Broggi Hospital Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, at sant Joan Despí, Spain); Hugo Cabello Alarcón, Sant Johannesburg, South Africa). South Korea—Ho Kee Yum Hospital Seu de Urgell, Catalonia, Spain); Catia Cilloniz (Inje Univ. Seoul Paik Hospital, South Korea). Togo— and Antoni Torres (Department of Pneumology, Institut Arnauld Attannon Fiogbe (Pulmonology and Infectious Clinic del Tórax, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut Diseases Service/University hospital of Sylvanus Olympio, d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDI- Lomé, Togo). Tunisia—Ferdaous Yangui (Department of BAPS), University of Barcelona, Ciber de Enfermedades Pneumology, Hospital of Internal Forces Security (I.F.S), Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain); Vicens Diaz-Brito and Marsa, Tunis, Tunisia). Turkey—Semra Bilaceroglu (Izmir Xavier Casas (Infectious diseases Unit and Pneumology Dr. Suat Seren Training and Research Hospital for Service, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Sant Boi, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Izmir, Turkey); Levent Barcelona, Spain); Alicia Encabo González (Hospital Com- Dalar (Pulmonary Medicine, Istanbul Bilim University, plex of Pontevedra, Spain); Maria Luisa FernándezAlmira Istanbul, Turkey); Ufuk Yilmaz (Suat Seren Chest Disease (Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Central de and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Asturias, Spain); Miguel Gallego (Department of Respira- Turkey). Ukraine—Artemii Bogomolov (Vinnitsa National tory Medicine, Hospital de Sabadell, Institut Universitari Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnitsa regional Parc Taulí-UAB, Sabadell, Spain. CIBER de Enfermedades antituberculosis hospital, Vinnitsa, Ukraine). United Arab Respiratorias, CIBERES, Bunyola, Spain); Inmaculada Emirates—Naheed Elahi (Dubai Hospital, UAE.); UK— Gaspar-GarcÍa (Department of Respiratory Medicine, Devesh J Dhasmana (Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, NHS Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, Spain); Juan Fife, UK); Rhiannon Ions, Julie Skeemer, and Gerrit González del Castillo (Emergency Department, Hospital Woltmann (University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain); Patricia and University of Leicester, Leicester, UK); Carole Javaloyes Victoria (Hospital General Universitario de Hancock (Royal Respiratory Research Team, Royal Liver- Alicante, Alicante, Spain); Elena Laserna Martínez (Hos- pool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK); Adam T Hill pital Mollet, Barcelona, Spain); Rosa Malo de Molina (Royal Infi rmary and University of Edinburgh, UK); Banu (University Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Rudran (The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health Trust, Madrid); Pedro J Marcos (Servicio de Neumología,Com- London, UK); Silvia Ruiz- Buitrago and Marion Campbell plejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña CHUAC, (Hairmyres Hospital, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, UK); INIBIC, Sergas,Universidade de A Coruña, Spain); Rosario Paul Whitaker (Department of Respiratory Medicine, St Menéndez (Pneumology Service, Universitary and Poly- James’s Hospital, Leeds, UK). USA—Karen S Allen (Uni- technic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain); Ana Pando- versity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, OK, USA); Sandoval (Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias. Area Veronica Brito (Texas A&M Health Science Center, de Gestion Clinica de Pulmon. Servicio de Neumologia, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Oviedo, Spain); Cristina Prat Aymerich, Alicia Lacoma del Baylor Scott & White Health, TX, USA); Jessica Dietz la Torre, and Ignasi García-Olivé (Microbiology Depart- (Fargo VA Health Care System, Fargo, ND, USA); Claire E ment and Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitari Dysart and Susan M Kellie (Clement J Zablocki VA Med- Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’Investigació Germans ical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA, Division of Infectious Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Diseases, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Barcelona; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto Raymond G Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, de Salud Carlos III, Spain); Jordi Rello and Silvia Moyano NM, USA); Ricardo A Franco-Sadud and Garnet Meier (Critical Care Department, Hospital Vall d›Hebron, (Division of Hospital Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Gramegna et al. 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Chicago, MI, USA); Mina Gaga (7th Resp Med Dept and Asthma Center, Athens Chest Hospital, USA); Thomas L Holland and Stephen P Bergin (Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center and School of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, NC, USA); Fayez Kheir (Department Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care & Envir- onmental Medicine, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA); Mark Landmeier (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA); Manuel Lois (John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX, USA); Girish B Nair (Interstitial Lung Disease Program and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, SUNY Stony Brook Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA); Hemali Patel (Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine Group, University of Colorado, USA); Katherine Reyes (Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, IL, USA); William Rodriguez- Cintron (Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine VA Caribbean Healthcare System, USA); Shigeki Saito (Tulane University, New Orleans, USA); Nilam J Soni, Julio Noda, Cecilia I Hinojosa, Stephanie M Levine, Luis F Angel, and Antonio Anzueto (Divisions of Hospital Medicine & Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA); K Scott Whitlow, John Hipskind, and Kunal Sukhija (Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Department of Emergency Medicine, Visalia, CA, USA); Richard G. Wunderink and Ray D Shah (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA). Zambia—Kondwelani John Mateyo (Department of Internal Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia).
Author details 1Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Internal Medicine Department, Respiratory unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Francesco Sforza 35, 20122 Milan, Italy. 2Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Sassari, Italy. 3Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC), University of Milan, Section of Respiratory Diseases, Ospedale L. Sacco, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy. 4Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Respiratory Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy. 5Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. 6Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de Matarò, Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Carretera de Cirera s/n, 08304 Matarò, Barcelona, Spain. 7Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal. 8Department of Medical Specialties, Pneumology Unit, IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda USL, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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