About the Authors

Xiaohui Bi

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Hongxia Ning

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Tingting Wang

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Dongdong Li

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Yongming Liu

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Tingfu Yang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Jiansheng Yu

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Chuanmin Tao

taochuanmin@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XHB HXN DDL. Performed the experiments: XHB TTW YML TFY JSY CMT. Analyzed the data: XHB HXN CMT DDL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TFY JSY YML TTW. Wrote the paper: XHB HXN TTW CMT.