About the Authors

Jun-Ren Sun

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Cherng-Lih Perng

Affiliations Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chin Chan

Affiliation Infection Control Office, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yuji Morita

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Jung-Chung Lin

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service-General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Mao Su

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Yao Wang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Disease, Fong-Yuan Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tein-Yao Chang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Tzong-Shi Chiueh

drche0523@gmail.com

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRS TSC. Performed the experiments: JRS YM CMS TSC. Analyzed the data: JRS TYC TSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WYW MCC JCL. Wrote the paper: JRS CLP TSC.