About the Authors

Sirada Kaocharoen

Affiliations Mycology Laboratory, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Popchai Ngamskulrungroj

Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Carolina Firacative

Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Grupo de Microbiología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

Luciana Trilles

Affiliations Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Laboratório de Micologia, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dumrongdej Piyabongkarn

Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Wijit Banlunara

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Natteewan Poonwan

Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, National Institute of Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Angkana Chaiprasert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Wieland Meyer

Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, CIDM, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Ariya Chindamporn

cariya@chula.ac.th

Affiliation Mycology Laboratory, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Kaocharoen, P. Ngamskulrungroj, A. Chindamporn, W. Meyer. Performed the experiments: S. Kaocharoen, P. Ngamskulrungroj, D. Piyabongkarn. Analyzed the data: S. Kaocharoen, P. Ngamskulrungroj, C. Firacative, L. Trilles, W. Meyer. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A. Chindamporn, A. Chaiprasert, W. Meyer, P. Ngamskulrungroj, N. Poonwan. Wrote the paper: S. Kaocharoen, P. Ngamskulrungroj, C. Firacative, A. Chindamporn, W. Meyer. Supplied strains: P. Ngamskulrungroj, D. Piyabongkarn, W. Banlunara, N. Poonwan, A. Chindamporn, A. Chaiprasert, W. Meyer.