About the Authors

Seung-Eun Song

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

JiYeon Yang

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Kil Soo Lee

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Hyungjun Kim

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Young Mi Kim

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Seonghan Kim

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Mi-Sun Park

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Su Yeon Oh

Affiliation The Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Jin Bum Lee

Affiliation The Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

EunPyo Lee

Affiliation The Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Sang-Hee Park

park3hee@korea.kr (SHP); hachingbird@gmail.com (HJK)

Affiliation Division of Tuberculosis and Bacterial Respiratory Infections, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Hee-Jin Kim

park3hee@korea.kr (SHP); hachingbird@gmail.com (HJK)

Affiliation The Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHP SHK MSP Hee-Jin Kim. Performed the experiments: SYO JBL. Analyzed the data: EPL SES. Wrote the paper: SES JYY. Critical discussion and comment: KSL Hyungjun Kim YMK.