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

Yu-Feng Wei

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Chien-Tung Chiu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Jiun-Ting Wu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Chi-Kuei Hsu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Jung-Yueh Chen

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Ho-Sheng Lee

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, 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 YHC. Performed the experiments: LLC WFC. Analyzed the data: CHL JNL HHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YFW CTC JTW CKH JYC HSL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CHL LLC YHC.