About the Authors

Jung-Jr Ye

Contributed equally to this work with: Jung-Jr Ye, Ching-Tai Huang

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ching-Tai Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jung-Jr Ye, Ching-Tai Huang

chingtaihuang@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shian-Sen Shie

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Po-Yen Huang

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Lin-Hui Su

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Medical Center, Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Cheng-Hsun Chiu

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Hsieh-Shong Leu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ping-Cherng Chiang

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJY CTH. Performed the experiments: JJY SSS PYH. Analyzed the data: JJY CTH SSS PYH LHS CHC HSL PCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSS PYH LHS. Wrote the paper: JJY CTH.