About the Authors

Seung-Ji Kang

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea

Hee-Chang Jang

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea

Sook-In Jung

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea

Pyoeng Gyun Choe

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Wan Beom Park

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Chung-Jong Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Kyoung-Ho Song

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Eu Suk Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Hong Bin Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Myoung-don Oh

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Nam Joong Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Nam Joong Kim, Kyung-Hwa Park

molder@unitel.co.kr (NJK); iammedkid@naver.com (KHP)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Kyung-Hwa Park

Contributed equally to this work with: Nam Joong Kim, Kyung-Hwa Park

molder@unitel.co.kr (NJK); iammedkid@naver.com (KHP)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHP NJK. Performed the experiments: SJK HCJ SIJ PGC WBP CJK KHS ESK HBK MDO. Analyzed the data: SJK NJK KHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SIJ PGC WBP CJK KHS ESK HBK MDO. Wrote the paper: SJK NJK KHP.