About the Authors

Fadi Al Akhrass

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Iba Al Wohoush

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Anne-Marie Chaftari

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ruth Reitzel

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ying Jiang

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mahmoud Ghannoum

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Center for Medical Mycology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jeffrey Tarrand

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ray Hachem

rhachem@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Issam Raad

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IR JT MG. Performed the experiments: JT MG RR. Analyzed the data: A-MC YJ IAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG. Wrote the paper: FAA RH IR.