About the Authors

Wendy Kloezen

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

Marilyn van Helvert-van Poppel

Affiliation St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Department of Clinical Pathology, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Ahmed H. Fahal

Affiliation Mycetoma Research Centre, Soba University, Khartoum, Sudan

Wendy W. J. van de Sande

w.vandesande@erasmusmc.nl

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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