About the Authors

Najwa A. Mhmoud

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Ahmed Hassan Fahal

ahfahal@hotmail.com; anfahal@uofk.edu

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

El Sheikh Mahgoub

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Wendy W. J. van de Sande

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAM AHF ESM WWJvdS. Performed the experiments: NAM AHF ESM WWJvdS. Analyzed the data: NAM AHF ESM WWJvdS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAM AHF ESM WWJvdS. Wrote the paper: NAM AHF ESM WWJvdS.