About the Authors

Tsai-Yu Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Tsai-Yu Wang, Shu-Min Lin

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Shu-Min Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Tsai-Yu Wang, Shu-Min Lin

smlin100@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Shian-Sen Shie

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Pai-Chien Chou

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Da Huang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Fu-Tsai Chung

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-His Kuo

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Jui Chang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Han-Pin Kuo

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TYW SML HPK. Performed the experiments: TYW SML. Analyzed the data: TYW SML SSS PCC CDH FTC CHK PJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TYW SML SSS PCC CDH FTC CHK PJC. Wrote the paper: TYW SML.