About the Authors

Chi-Yu Hsu

Contributed equally to this work with: Chi-Yu Hsu, Jwu-Ching Shu

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

Jwu-Ching Shu

Contributed equally to this work with: Chi-Yu Hsu, Jwu-Ching Shu

shujc@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Research Center for Pathogenic Bacteria, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fusing St., Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

Mei-Hui Lin

Affiliations Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Research Center for Pathogenic Bacteria, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fusing St., Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

Kowit-Yu Chong

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

Chien-Cheng Chen

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Normal University, No.62, Shenjhong Rd., Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan

Shu-Min Wen

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

Yi-Ting Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

Wan-Ting Liao

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Road, Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYH JCS MHL. Performed the experiments: CYH KYC CCC SMW YTH WTL. Analyzed the data: CYH JCS MHL CCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MHL KYC. Wrote the paper: JCS.