About the Authors

Jeanette Wagener

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

R. K. Subbarao Malireddi

Affiliation Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Megan D. Lenardon

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Martin Köberle

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Simon Vautier

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Donna M. MacCallum

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Tilo Biedermann

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Martin Schaller

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Mihai G. Netea

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (N4i), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti

Affiliation Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Gordon D. Brown

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Alistair J. P. Brown

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Neil A. R. Gow

n.gow@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW NARG MGN GDB AJPB. Performed the experiments: JW DMM RKSM MK SV MDL. Analyzed the data: JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDL TDK MS TB GDB DMM. Wrote the paper: JW NARG.