About the Authors

Yi-Jen Liao

Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Meng-Wei Lin

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Hung Yen

Affiliation Graduate Institute of National Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yu-Ting Lin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chung-Kwe Wang

Affiliation Department of International Medicine, Taipei City Hospital Ranai Branch, Taipei, Taiwan

Shiu-Feng Huang

Affiliation Division of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institute, Miaoli, Taiwan

Kuan-Hsuan Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ching-Ping Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tzu-Lang Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ming-Feng Hou

Affiliation Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yi-Ming Arthur Chen

arthur@kmu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJL YMAC. Performed the experiments: CHY KHC TLC. Analyzed the data: MWL YTL CPY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MFH CKW SFH. Wrote the manuscript: YJL.