1. Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Centre, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
2. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3. Respiratory Disease Center, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
4. Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
5. Department of Mycobacterium Reference and Research, the Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan
6. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
7. Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan
8. Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
9. Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
10. Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan