1. Laboratory for Antimicrobial Agents, Kitasato University, Tokyo
2. Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo
3. Department of Clinical Infectious Disease, Osaka University School of Medicine, Osaka
4. Department of Infection Control, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka
5. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki
6. Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Aichi Medical University, Aichi
7. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo
8. Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Internal Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi
9. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki
10. Department of Clinical Infectious Disease, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan