About the Authors

Qingzhong Liu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Lizhong Han

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Bin Li

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Jingyong Sun

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Yuxing Ni

yuxinni53@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QL YN. Performed the experiments: QL LH BL. Analyzed the data: QL JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH JS. Wrote the paper: QL.