About the Authors

Claire M. Italiano

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kum Thong Wong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sazaly AbuBakar

Affiliation TIDREC, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yee Ling Lau

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Norlisah Ramli

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Maria Kahar Bador

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chong Tin Tan

chongtin.tan@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: CMI CTT. Wrote the paper: CMI KTW SA YLL NR CTT. Supervised and performed the diagnostic microbiological investigations and 18SrDNA genome sequencing: SA. Performed the nested PCR: YLL. Microbiological investigations and data collection: MKB. Patient management: CMI SFSO CTT. Description of pathology: KTW. Description of imaging: NR.