About the Authors

Shenjie Tang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shenjie Tang, Shouyong Tan, Lan Yao

huang_jian_an@163.com (JAH); tangsj1106@hotmail.com (SJT)

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

Shouyong Tan

Contributed equally to this work with: Shenjie Tang, Shouyong Tan, Lan Yao

Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China

Lan Yao

Contributed equally to this work with: Shenjie Tang, Shouyong Tan, Lan Yao

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

Fujian Li

Affiliation Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, China

Li Li

Affiliation Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Tianjin, China

Xinzhi Guo

Affiliation Henan Infectious Hospital, Zhengzhou, China

Yidian Liu

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

Yanqiong Li

Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China

Xiuxiu Ding

Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China

Zhanjun Zhang

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

Li Tong

Affiliation Department of Tuberculosis, Guangzhou Chest Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China

Jianan Huang

huang_jian_an@163.com (JAH); tangsj1106@hotmail.com (SJT)

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 SYT. Performed the experiments: SJT SYT LY FJL LL XZG YDL XHH YQL XXD ZJZ LT. Analyzed the data: SJT SYT LY. Wrote the manuscript: SJT SYT LY JAH.