About the Authors

Carla J. Walraven

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Wendy Gerstein

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Sarah E. Hardison

Affiliation Department of Biology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Floyd Wormley

Affiliation Department of Biology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Shawn R. Lockhart

Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Julie R. Harris

Affiliation Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Annette Fothergill

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Brian Wickes

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Julie Gober-Wilcox

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Larry Massie

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

T. S. Neil Ku

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Carolina Firacative

Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Wieland Meyer

Affiliation Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney Medical School - Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Samuel A. Lee

SamALee@salud.unm.edu

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, New Mexico Veterans Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH FW S. Lockhart JH CF WM. Performed the experiments: SH FW S. Lockhart JH CF WM. Analyzed the data: SH FW S. Lockhart JH CF WM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH FW S. Lockhart JH CF WM AF BW. Wrote the paper: CW S. Lee TSNK WG JG-W LM S. Lockhart JH WM. Performed autopsy and histologic analyses: JG-W LM.