About the Authors

Yuan-Pin Hung

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan

Nan-Yao Lee

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Sheng-Hsiang Lin

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Ho-Ching Chang

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Chi-Mei Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Chi-Jung Wu

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan

Chia-Ming Chang

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Po-Lin Chen

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Hsiao-Ju Lin

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

Yi-Hui Wu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Pingtung Christian Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan

Pei-Jane Tsai

Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Research Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Yau-Sheng Tsai

Contributed equally to this work with: Yau-Sheng Tsai, Wen-Chien Ko

winston@mail.ncku.edu.tw (WCK); yaustsai@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YST)

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Research Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Wen-Chien Ko

Contributed equally to this work with: Yau-Sheng Tsai, Wen-Chien Ko

winston@mail.ncku.edu.tw (WCK); yaustsai@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YST)

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Research Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YPH YST WCK. Performed the experiments: YPH NYL HCC CJW CMC PLC. Analyzed the data: HJL YHW PJT SHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJL YHW PJT. Wrote the paper: YPH YST WCK.