About the Authors

Chung-Hsu Lai

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infection Control Laboratory, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Lin-Li Chang

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Jiun-Nong Lin

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Wei-Fang Chen

Affiliation Division of Infection Control Laboratory, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Li-Li Kuo

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Research and Diagnostic Center, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsi-Hsun Lin

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan

Yen-Hsu Chen

infchen@gmail.com

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHL LLC JNL HHL YHC. Performed the experiments: WFC LLK. Analyzed the data: CHL JNL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WFC LLK. Wrote the manuscript: CHL LLC JNL YHC.