Correction

CORRECTION
Correction: Geographical Variability in the
Likelihood of Bloodstream Infections Due to
Gram-Negative Bacteria: Correlation with
Proximity to the Equator and Health Care
Expenditure
The PLOS ONE Staff
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Citation: The PLOS ONE Staff (2015) Correction:
Geographical Variability in the Likelihood of
Bloodstream Infections Due to Gram-Negative
Bacteria: Correlation with Proximity to the Equator
and Health Care Expenditure. PLoS ONE 10(3):
e0122435. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122435
Published: March 23, 2015
Copyright: © 2015 The PLOS ONE Staff. This is an
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The individuals who comprise the Geographical Variability of Bacteremia Study Group should
be included in the author byline instead of the Acknowledgements. The authors and their affiliations are listed below.
Rodolfo E. Quirós, Division of Infectious Diseases, Prevention and Infection Control Service, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Viviana Vilches, Laboratory of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Tony M. Korman, Monash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, Australia
Spyros Miyakis, The Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, Australia
Craig S. Boutlis, The Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, Australia
Alistair B. Reid, The Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, Australia
Ana Cristina Gales, Laboratório Especial de Microbiologia Clínica, Division of Infectious
Diseases, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Lygia Schandert, Laboratório Especial de Microbiologia Clínica, Division of Infectious Diseases, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Rafael Affini, Laboratório Especial de Microbiologia Clínica, Division of Infectious Diseases,
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Antonia Machado Oliveira, Laboratório Especial de Microbiologia Clínica, Division of Infectious Diseases, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Alexandre R. Marra, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
Luis Fernando Aranha Camargo, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
Michael B. Edmond, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, VCU Medical
Center, Richmond, Virginia
Luci Correa, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and Hospital do Rim e Hipertensao, São
Paulo, Brazil
Teresa Cristina Teixeira Sukiennik, Hospital Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio
Grande do Sul, Brazil
Paulo Renato Petersen Behar, Hospital Conceicao, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Evelyne Girão, Hospital Walter Cantidio, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Carla Guerra, Hospital de Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
Carlos Brites, Hospital Espanhol, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Marta Antunes de Souza, Hospital das Clinicas de Goiania, Goiania, Goias, Brazil
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Allison J. McGeer, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Stephanie Smith, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
Amani A. El Kholy, Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
(Kasr Al Ainy), Dar Al Fouad Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
George Plakias, Hygeia General Hospital, Marousi, Athens, Greece
Evelina Tacconelli, Division Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Tübingen University
Hospital, Tübingeneve
Hitoshi Honda, Department of Infection Prevention, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical
Center, Tokyo, Japan
Jan Kluytmans, Amphia Hospital Breda, Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Netherlands
Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital,
Pratumthani, Thailand
Mohamad G. Fakih, Infection Prevention and Control Department, St John Hospital and
Medical Center, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Jonas Marschall, Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Anthony J. Russo, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Missouri
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