About the Authors

Shenjie Tang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shenjie Tang, Haiyan Cui

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China, Tuberculosis Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Haiyan Cui

Contributed equally to this work with: Shenjie Tang, Haiyan Cui

Affiliation Tuberculosis Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Lan Yao

Affiliation Tuberculosis Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xiaohui Hao

Affiliation Tuberculosis Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Yun Shen

Affiliation Tuberculosis Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Lin Fan

Affiliation Tuberculosis Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Hua Sun

Affiliation Tuberculosis Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Zhanjun Zhang

Affiliation Tuberculosis Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Jian An Huang

huang_jian_an@163.com

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJT JAH HYC. Performed the experiments: SJT HYC LY XHH YS LF HS ZJZ. Analyzed the data: HYC SJT. Wrote the paper: HYC SJT JAH.