James M. Horton, MD, chair of the Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, www.IDSociety.org. Dr. Horton is also chief of the department of infectious disease and attending faculty physician in the department of internal medicine, both at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Horton has published numerous articles in professional journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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