Study Investigators, Sites, and Number of Subjects Recruited
Marc Alpert, Central Montgomery Surgical Association, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA (28); Peter Armstrong, Dwight D Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA 30905-5650, USA (1); Charles Bailey, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656, USA; German Berbel, HealthFirst Medical Group Research, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA (14); Jack Bernstein, Dayton Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, OH 45428, USA; Jose Bordon, Providence Hospital Clinical Research Center, NE Washington, DC 20017, USA (8); Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha, Cambridge Health Alliance, Somerville, MA 02143, USA (5); Russell Caprioli, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA (4); Kathleen Casey, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07754, USA (3); Tom Chiang, VA NJ Healthcare System, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA (5); Allan Churukian, eStudySite, San Diego, CA 92114, USA; William Flynn, ECMC Department of Surgery, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA (1); Donald Graham, Springfield Clinic LLP, Springfield, IL 62701, USA (11); Zijun Hao, St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, Lincoln, NE 68510, USA (17); Kenneth Kalassian, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Richard Kohler, Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Juliet Lee, The Medical Faculty Associates, Washington, DC 20037, USA; William Leeds, Topeka, KS 66606, USA (2); Christopher Lucasti, South Jersey Infectious Disease, Somers Point, NJ 08244, USA (22); Gregory Malanoski, AMS Infectious Disease, Elmira, NY 14905, USA; Tien Ko, LBJ General Hospital Surgery Department, Houston, TX 77026, USA (8); Venkat Minnaganti, Infectious Disease Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, IL 62526, USA (2); Miguel Mogyoros, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO 80205, USA (2); Bill Morgan, Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA; Charles Moss, Moss and Geuder Surgical Group, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA; Satish Muluk, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA (5); Rekha Murthy, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA (1); William O’Riordan, eStudysite, San Diego, CA 92114, USA (8); Francis Pien, Honolulu, HI 96814, USA (13); Hiram Polk, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA (1); James B. Augustinsky, Naperville, IL 60563, USA (10); Michelle Salvaggio, Infectious Diseases Institute Clinical Trials Unit, Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5068, USA; Leon Smith, Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, NJ 07102, USA; Raymond Smith, Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208, USA; R. Scott Stienecker, Regional Infectious Diseases-Infusion Center, Lima, OH 45801, USA (20); Byungse Suh, Section of Infectious Diseases, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA (4); Jose Vazquez, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA (24); Dennis E. Weiland, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA (5); Mireya Wessolossky, UMass Medical School/UMass Memorial Center, Worcester, MA 01655, USA (5); Jonathan Zenilman, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA (1); Carl Abraham, Jonesboro, AR 72401, USA (6); Richard Nathan, Idaho Falls, ID 83404, USA (5); Phillip Sanchez, Southeastern Clinical Research Consultants, Orlando, FL 32804, USA; Ian Baird, Remington-Davis, Inc., Columbus, OH 43215, USA (4); Charles Callahan, Clinical Research Center of Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach, FL 32960, USA; Christian G. Schrock, Infectious Diseases Minneapolis Ltd., Minneapolis, MN 55422, USA (6); William Lau, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA (1); Markian R. Bochan, Infectious Disease of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN 46280, USA; Michael Somero, Research Office, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA (1); Stanley R. Klein, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, USA (4); Charles Bellows III, Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; Annick D’Hooghe, St-Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Antwerpen, 2000, Belgium; Françoise Ceulemans, Center Hospitalier Regional de Namur, Belgium; Jacques Gaillat, Center Hospitalier General d’Annecy, Annecy Cedex, 74011, France; Bernard Garo, CHU Hopital de la Cavale Blanche, 29609 Brest Cedex, France; Christian Eckmann, Universitaetsklinikum, 23538 Lubeck, Germany (9); Joerg Haier, Molecular Biology Laboratory, 48149 Munster, Germany (3); Fredy Suter, U.O. Malattie Infettive, Bergamo, 24128, Italy; Aldo Bertani, A.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I G.M Lancisi-G. Salesi, 60126 Torrette di Ancona, Italy (5); Francisco Acin, Hospital Universitario de Getafe Servicio de Cirugia Vascular Planta 4B, 28905 Getafe (Madrid), Spain (4); Manuel E. Jiménez-Mejías, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, 41013, Spain; Ignacio Blanes, Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, 46017, Spain; Dolores Sousa Regueiro, Comolejo Hospitalaro, 15006 A Coruna, Spain (2); Nedim Cakir, Dokuz Eylul University Medical Faculty Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Izmir 35340, Turkey; Rabin Saba, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, 07070 Antalya, Turkey; Michael Giladi, Infectious Disease Unit, Tel-Aviv, 64239, Israel (5); Galia Rahav, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, 52662, Israel (18); Souha Kanj-Sharara, American University of Beirut, Beirut, 110 32090, Lebanon (5); Abdulhakeem Okab Ahmed al Thaqafi, King Abdulaziz Medical City-Western Region Infectious Disease Department, Jeddah, 21423, Saudi Arabia (5); Wai-Man Ng, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong (1); Andrew Burd, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong (2); Utkrant Kurlekar, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Center, Maharashtra, India (8); N. Raghupathi Rao, Apollo Hospitals, Andhra Pradesh, India (4); T. Devarajan, Apollo First Med Hospitals, Tamil Nadu State, India; Junyong Choi, Yonsei University Medical Center Severance Hospital, Medical School, Seoul, 120-752, South Korea (4); Yeonsook Kim, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, 301-721, South Korea (7); Hyunjoo Pai, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, 133-791, South Korea (13); Yoon-Soo Park, Gachon Medical School Gil Medical Center, Incheon, 405-760, South Korea (14); Suresh Kumar, Hospital Sungai Buloh, 47000, Selangor, Malaysia (1); Ting Soo Chow, Hospital Pulau Pinang, 10990 Penang, Malaysia (5); Armando Crisostomo, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, 1000, Philippines (6); Alex Erasmo, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, 1008, Philippines (7); Alex Erasmo, Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, 1014, Philippines (8); Jenny Low, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 169608, Singapore (8); M.M. Basson, Tiervlei Trial Center, Bellville, 7531, Cape Town, South Africa (7); Johannes Breedt, Eugene Marais Medical Village, Pretoria, South Africa (8); P.A. Matthews, Middelburg Hospital, Middelburg, 1050, South Africa (21); D.P. Ross, St. Mary’s Hospital, Durban, South Africa (5); His-Hsun Lin, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan (7); Chun-Hsing Liao, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei County, Taiwan (9); Hsiang-Chi Kung, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yunlin County, 640, Taiwan (3); Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand (6); Kumthorn Malathum, Ramathibodi Hospital, Rajathevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Terapong Tantawichien, Faculty of Medicine, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Sergio Ricardo Filho Penteado, Hospital Universitario Evangelico de Curitiba, CEP: 80730-150, Brazil; Fernando Cardoso, Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1); Roosevelt Fajardo Gomez, Fundacion Santa Fe do Bogota, Bogota DC, Colombia; David Fernandez Velazquez, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Delegacion Tlalpan CP 14000, Mexico; Juan Carlos Tinoco-Favila, Durango, Mexico (4); Andre Poirier, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Trois-Rivières, Québec, G8Z 3R9, Canada (17); Louis Valiquette, CRC – C.H.U.S. - Hôpital Fleurimont, Sherbrooke Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada (2); Karl Weiss, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec, H1T 2 M4, Canada (7); Doria Grimard, Center de Santé et des Services Sociaux de Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi Québec, G7H 5H6, Canada (19); John M.A. Embil, Winnipeg Health Sciences Center, Winnipeg Manitoba, R3A 1R9, Canada (3); Steven E. Sanche, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, S7N 0W8, Canada (1); Ken Smith, Discovery Clinical Services, Victoria British Columbia, V8T 5G4, Canada (1); Sylvain Chouinard, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Québec, G1V 4G5, Canada (9); Patrick Dolcé, Center de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Rimouski-Neigette, Rimouski Québec, G5L 5T1, Canada.