About the Authors

Popchai Ngamskulrungroj

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sittinee Sanmee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Papanin Pusathit

Affiliation School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

Pipat Piewngam

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Briony Elliott

Affiliation School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

Thomas V. Riley

Affiliations School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Australia

Pattarachai Kiratisin

pattarachai.kir@mahidol.ac.th

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PN TVR PK. Performed the experiments: PN SS PPu PPi BE PK. Analyzed the data: PN TVR PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PN TVR PK. Wrote the paper: PN PPu TVR PK.