About the Authors

Sung-Ching Pan

Affiliations Center for Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Kuei-Lien Tien

Affiliation Center for Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

I-Chen Hung

Affiliation Center for Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Jiun Lin

Affiliation Center for Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wang-Huei Sheng

Affiliations Center for Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Jiuh Wang

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Hospital Planning, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shan-Chwen Chang

Affiliations Center for Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Calvin M. Kunin

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Yee-Chun Chen

yeechunchen@gmail.com

Affiliations Center for Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCC SCC. Performed the experiments: KLT ICH WHS MJW. Analyzed the data: SCP YJL. Wrote the paper: SCP CMK.