Dr. Kemper is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Editor Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, is Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford, Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Peer reviewer Connie Price, MD, is Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Dr. Kemper and Dr. Price report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study. Dr. Deresinski serves on the speaker's bureau of Merck, Pharmacia, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Bayer, and Wyeth, and does research for Merck.
This article originally appeared in the January 2009 issue of Infectious Disease Alert.