About the Authors

Jairo Lizarazo

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia

Patricia Escandón

Affiliation Microbiology Group, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

Clara Inés Agudelo

Affiliation Microbiology Group, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

Carolina Firacative

Affiliations Microbiology Group, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia, Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School – Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia

Wieland Meyer

Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School – Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia

Elizabeth Castañeda

ecastaneda21@gmail.com

Affiliation Microbiology Group, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL EC. Performed the experiments: JL PE CF EC. Analyzed the data: JL CIA CF EC. Wrote the paper: JL PE CIA CF WM EC.