Guo et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2024) 24:511

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09404-y

Following publication of the original article [1], we have been notified that the order of the author affiliations was incorrect.

Initially, Department of Tuberculosis at The Second Hospital of Nanjing was presented as affiliation number one, while Department of Rheumatology and Immunology at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital was presented as affiliation number two. This has now been switched.

The original article has been corrected.