About the Authors

Pei-Ying Wu

Affiliation Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Mao-Yuan Chen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Szu-Min Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsin-Yun Sun

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Mao-Song Tsai

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Kuan-Yeh Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Wen-Chun Liu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Shan-Ping Yang

Affiliation Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Zhen Luo

Affiliation Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jun-Yu Zhang

Affiliation Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Wang-Huei Sheng

whsheng@ntu.edu.tw (WS); hcc0401@ntu.edu.tw (CH)

Affiliations Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Ching Hung

whsheng@ntu.edu.tw (WS); hcc0401@ntu.edu.tw (CH)

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WHS CCH PYW. Performed the experiments: PYW MYC SMH HYS MST KYL WCL SPY YZL JYZ. Analyzed the data: PYW MYC SMH HYS MST KYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WCL SPY YZL JYZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CCH PYW WHS.