About the Authors

Yong Chong

ychong@gj9.so-net.ne.jp

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Sciences, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Shinji Shimoda

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Sciences, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroko Yakushiji

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hara-Sanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Yoshikiyo Ito

Affiliation Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Hara-Sanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Toshihiro Miyamoto

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Sciences, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Tomohiko Kamimura

Affiliation Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Hara-Sanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Nobuyuki Shimono

Affiliation Center for the Study of Global Infection, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Koichi Akashi

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Sciences, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC TK. Performed the experiments: YC HY YI TK. Analyzed the data: YC HY. Wrote the paper: YC. Edited the manuscript: SS TM NS KA.