Acknowledgements
RECRUITMENT, INFECTIOUS DISEASE
We thank Jihan Huang, PhD. (Center for Drug Clinical Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) for performing the independent statistical analysis. We thank Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China) for provision of the study medications. We also thank Drs. Yi Mao (Public Health Clinical Center of Chengdu, China), Jing Yuan (The Third People's Hospital of Shenzhen, China), Xing-hua Tan (Guangzhou Eighth People’s Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, China), Xing-qi Dong (Yunnan Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital) and Xiao-hong Chen (Fuzhou Pulmonary Hospital of Fujian, China) for their facilitation of patient recruitment, and the patients and other study staff for participating in this study.