Associate Professor Sarah Kidd
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Sarah Kidd is Head of the National Mycology Reference Centre at SA Pathology, Adelaide, and adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide. She completed a Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, and a PhD in Medicine, both at the University of Sydney. She holds Fellowships of the Australian Society for Microbiology, and of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology. Research interests include the epidemiology, phylogeny, and antifungal susceptibilities of fungal pathogens.Please note correct email address: SARAH.KIDD@SA.GOV.AU
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Adjunct Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2014 - 2024 Adjunct Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2011 - ongoing Head, National Mycology Reference Centre SA Pathology 2011 - 2014 Adjunct Lecturer University of Adelaide 2006 - 2010 Postdoctoral Research Scientist Monash University, Melbourne 2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Scientist University of British Columbia -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2023 Fellowship Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology ECMM Australia - 2023 Award Howard Morris Quality Use of Pathology Award SA Pathology Australia - 2018 Fellowship Fellowship of the Australian Society for Microbiology Australian Society for Microbiology Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2000 - 2003 University of Sydney Australia PhD 1996 - 1999 University of Sydney Australia Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons.) -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2006 - 2010 Research Fellow Monash University, Alfred Hospital Australia 2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of British Columbia Canada -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Kidd, S. E., Sandoval-Denis, M., Malik, R., Hagen, F., & Rodrigues, A. M. (2025). Sporothrix davidellisii : A new pathogenic species belonging to the Sporothrix pallida complex. Medical Mycology, 63(4), 14 pages.
2025 Tong, L. J., Thng, J., Lester, N., Caporn, T., Gardam, D., Kocic, D., . . . Malik, R. (2025). Disseminated Penicillium labradoris (synonym: P. labradorum) in three dogs from Western Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal.
2024 Birnie, J. D., Ahmed, T., Kidd, S. E., Westall, G. P., Snell, G. I., Peleg, A. Y., & Morrissey, C. O. (2024). Multi-Locus Microsatellite Typing of Colonising and Invasive Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from Patients Post Lung Transplantation and with Chronic Lung Disease. Journal of Fungi, 10(2), 19 pages.
Scopus1 WoS12024 Kidd, S. E., Hagen, F., Halliday, C. L., Abdolrasouli, A., Boekhout, T., Crous, P. W., . . . Chen, S. C. -A. (2024). Inconsistencies within the proposed framework for stabilizing fungal nomenclature risk further confusion. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 62(4), e01570-23-1-e01570-23-3.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12024 Neoh, C. F., Chen, S. C. A., Lanternier, F., Tio, S. Y., Halliday, C. L., Kidd, S. E., . . . Slavin, M. A. (2024). Scedosporiosis and lomentosporiosis: modern perspectives on these difficult-to-treat rare mold infections. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 37(2), 75 pages.
Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC82024 Skinner, C., Allavena, R., Hoffmann, K., Kelly-Bosma, M., Kidd, S., & Thomson, C. (2024). Disseminated Rasamsonia argillacea complex infection presenting as intraventricular brain hemorrhage in a German shepherd dog in Australia. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 44, 100641.
2024 Kim, L. N., Karthik, H., Proudmore, K. E., Kidd, S. E., & Baird, R. W. (2024). Fungal Keratitis, Epidemiology and Outcomes in a Tropical Australian Setting. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 9(6), 9 pages.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12024 Beardsley, J., Kim, H. Y., Dao, A., Kidd, S., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Sorrell, T. C., . . . Alffenaar, J. W. (2024). Candida glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabrata): A systematic review of clinical and microbiological data from 2011 to 2021 to inform the World Health Organization Fungal Priority Pathogens List. Medical Mycology, 62(6), 30 pages.
Scopus14 WoS11 Europe PMC92024 Keighley, C., Kim, H. Y., Kidd, S., Chen, S. C. A., Alastruey, A., Dao, A., . . . Alffenaar, J. W. (2024). Candida tropicalis-A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization of a fungal priority pathogens list. Medical Mycology, 62(6), 16 pages.
Scopus10 WoS11 Europe PMC72024 Kim, H. Y., Nguyen, T. A., Kidd, S., Chambers, J., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Shin, J. H., . . . Alffenaar, J. W. (2024). Candida auris-a systematic review to inform the world health organization fungal priority pathogens list. Medical Mycology, 62(6), 24 pages.
Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC132024 Nguyen, T. A., Kim, H. Y., Stocker, S., Kidd, S., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Dao, A., . . . Alffenaar, J. W. (2024). Pichia kudriavzevii (Candida krusei): A systematic review to inform the World Health Organisation priority list of fungal pathogens. Medical Mycology, 62(6), 18 pages.
Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC52024 Asogan, M., Kim, H. Y., Kidd, S., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Govender, N. P., Dao, A., . . . Beardsley, J. (2024). Candida parapsilosis: A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization fungal priority pathogens list. Medical Mycology, 62(6), 37 pages.
Scopus9 WoS10 Europe PMC42024 Dao, A., Kim, H. Y., Garnham, K., Kidd, S., Sati, H., Perfect, J., . . . Beardsley, J. (2024). Cryptococcosis-a systematic review to inform the World Health Organization Fungal Priority Pathogens List. Medical Mycology, 62(6), 24 pages.
Scopus12 WoS11 Europe PMC82024 Crawford, L. C., & Kidd, S. E. (2024). Photo Quiz: Subungual organism in a renal transplant patient. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 62(8), 4 pages.
2024 Morris, A. J., Kidd, S. E., Halliday, C. L., Chen, S. C. A., McKinney, W., Ryan, K., & Elvy, J. (2024). Update on methods used for mycological testing: wide diversity and opportunities for improvement persist. Pathology, 56(7), 1021-1027.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12024 van Rhijn, N., Arikan-Akdagli, S., Beardsley, J., Bongomin, F., Chakrabarti, A., Chen, S. C. A., . . . Hagen, F. (2024). Beyond bacteria: the growing threat of antifungal resistance. Lancet, 404(10457), 1017-1018.
Scopus17 Europe PMC82024 Tio, S. Y., Chen, S. C. A., Heath, C. H., Pradhan, A., Morris, A. J., Korman, T. M., . . . Slavin, M. A. (2024). Identifying Gaps in the International Consensus Case Definitions for Invasive Aspergillosis: A Review of Clinical Cases Not Meeting These Definitions. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(11), 6 pages.
Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC22024 de Hoog, S., Walsh, T. J., Ahmed, S. A., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Arendrup, M. C., Borman, A., . . . Zhang, S. X. (2024). Nomenclature for human and animal fungal pathogens and diseases: a proposal for standardized terminology. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 62(12), 19 pages.
Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC32024 Kidd, S. E., & Westblade, L. F. (2024). Bipolaris or Curvularia? Resolving the spicy issue of how clinical isolates should be reported. Plos Pathogens, 20(11), 4 pages.
2023 Tio, S. Y., Chen, S. C. A., Hamilton, K., Heath, C. H., Pradhan, A., Morris, A. J., . . . Slavin, M. A. (2023). Invasive aspergillosis in adult patients in Australia and New Zealand: 2017–2020. Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 40, 100888.
Scopus112023 Jenks, J. D., White, P. L., Kidd, S. E., Goshia, T., Fraley, S. I., Hoenigl, M., & Thompson, G. R. (2023). An update on current and novel molecular diagnostics for the diagnosis of invasive fungal infections. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 23(12), 1135-1152.
Scopus23 WoS21 Europe PMC202023 Kidd, S. E., Abdolrasouli, A., & Hagen, F. (2023). Fungal Nomenclature: Managing Change is the Name of the Game. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(1), ofac559-1-ofac559-15.
WoS84 Europe PMC672023 Kidd, S., Abdolrasouli, A., & Hagen, F. (2023). Reply to “Fungal Nomenclature: Managing Change is the Name of the Game - what about ‘candidiasis’ and ‘fusariosis'”. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(8), 1.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12023 O’hern, J. A., Koenen, A., Janson, S., Hajkowicz, K. M., Robertson, I. K., Kidd, S. E., . . . Ralph, A. P. (2023). Epidemiology, management and outcomes of Cryptococcus gattii infections: A 22-year cohort. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(3), e0011162-1-e0011162-20.
Scopus4 Europe PMC22022 Lamont-Friedrich, S. J., Kidd, S. E., Giles, C., Griesser, H. J., & Coad, B. R. (2022). Candida auris susceptibility on surfaces coated with the antifungal drug caspofungin. Medical Mycology, 60(1), 4 pages.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12022 Kidd, S. E., Halliday, C. L., Haremza, E., Gardam, D. J., Chen, S. C. A., & Elvy, J. A. (2022). Attitudes of Australasian Clinicians and Laboratory Staff to Changing Fungal Nomenclature: Has Mycological Correctness Really Gone Mad?. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(1), e02377-21-1-e02377-21-6.
Scopus7 WoS10 Europe PMC82022 Kidd, S. E., & Weldhagen, G. F. (2022). Diagnosis of dermatophytes: from microscopy to direct PCR. Microbiology Australia, 43(1), 9-13.
Scopus11 WoS112022 Crawford, L. C., Kidd, S. E., Anninos, T. M., Turra, M., & Weldhagen, G. F. (2022). Candida auris PCR for high-throughput infection control screening. Medical Mycology, 60(8), 6 pages.
Scopus6 WoS7 Europe PMC42022 Halliday, C. L., Weeks, K., Farac, K., Alexiou, H., Green, W., Lopez, R., . . . Kidd, S. E. (2022). Evaluation of a custom Sensititre YeastOne plate for susceptibility testing of isavuconazole and other antifungals against clinically relevant yeast and mould species in three Australian diagnostic mycology laboratories. Pathology, 54(7), 922-927.
Scopus4 Europe PMC12021 Kay, A., Boland, L., Kidd, S. E., Beatty, J. A., Talbot, J. J., & Barrs, V. R. (2021). Complete clinical response to combined antifungal therapy in two cats with invasive fungal rhinosinusitis caused by cryptic Aspergillus species in section Fumigati. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 34, 13-17.
Scopus9 WoS6 Europe PMC82021 Teo, T. S. P., Crawford, L. C., Pilch, W. T., Carney, B., Solanki, N., Kidd, S. E., & Warner, M. S. (2021). Mycetoma caused by Microsporum canis in a patient with renal transplant: A case report and review of the literature. Transplant Infectious Disease, 23(3), 6 pages.
Scopus3 WoS19 Europe PMC22021 Kidd, S. E., Halliday, C. L., McMullan, B., Chen, S. C. -A., & Elvy, J. (2021). New Names for Fungi of Medical Importance: can we Have Our Cake and Eat It Too?. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 59(3), e02730-20-1-e02730-20-2.
Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC182021 Keighley, C. L., Pope, A., Marriott, D. J. E., Chapman, B., Bak, N., Daveson, K., . . . Chen, S. C. A. (2021). Risk factors for candidaemia: A prospective multi-centre case-control study. Mycoses, 64(3), 257-263.
Scopus28 WoS27 Europe PMC222021 Kidd, S. E., Crawford, L. C., & Halliday, C. L. (2021). Antifungal Susceptibility Testing and Identification. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 35(2), 313-339.
Scopus16 WoS15 Europe PMC132021 Khanina, A., Tio, S. Y., Ananda-Rajah, M. R., Kidd, S. E., Williams, E., Chee, L., . . . Thursky, K. A. (2021). Consensus guidelines for antifungal stewardship, surveillance and infection prevention, 2021. Internal Medicine Journal, 51(S7), 18-36.
Scopus30 WoS33 Europe PMC192020 Kidd, S. E., Chen, S. C. A., Meyer, W., & Halliday, C. L. (2020). A New Age in Molecular Diagnostics for Invasive Fungal Disease: Are We Ready?. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 2903-1-2903-20.
Scopus141 WoS122 Europe PMC902020 Ross, I. L., Weldhagen, G. F., & Kidd, S. E. (2020). Detection and identification of dermatophyte fungi in clinical samples using a commercial multiplex tandem PCR assay. Pathology, 52(4), 473-477.
Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC112020 Davidson, N., Campbell, K., Foroughi, F., Tayal, V., Lynar, S., Crawford, L. C., . . . Meumann, E. M. (2020). Disseminated Saksenaea infection in an immunocompromised host associated with a good clinical outcome: a case report and review of the literature. BMC Infectious Diseases, 20(1), 755-1-755-5.
2019 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Turnidge, J., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Botterel, F., Canton, E., Castro, C., . . . Tejada, M. (2019). Method-dependent epidemiological cutoff values for detection of triazole resistance in Candida and Aspergillus species for the Sensititre Yeastone colorimetric broth and etest agar diffusion methods. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63(1), 15 pages.
Scopus64 WoS58 Europe PMC472019 Marshall, A. C., Kidd, S. E., Lamont-Friedrich, S. J., Arentz, G., Hoffmann, P., Coad, B. R., & Bruning, J. B. (2019). Structure, mechanism, and inhibition of aspergillus fumigatus thioredoxin reductase. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63(3), 1-15.
Scopus31 WoS30 Europe PMC202019 Thomson, J., Trott, D. J., Malik, R., Galgut, B., McAllister, M. M., Nimmo, J., . . . Kidd, S. E. (2019). An atypical cause of sporotrichosis in a cat. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 23, 72-76.
Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC122019 Keighley, C., Chen, S. C. A., Marriott, D., Pope, A., Chapman, B., Kennedy, K., . . . Slavin, M. A. (2019). Candidaemia and a risk predictive model for overall mortality: A prospective multicentre study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19(1), 445-1-445-10.
Scopus43 WoS37 Europe PMC322019 Hossain, M. A., Biva, I. J., Kidd, S. E., Whittle, J. D., Griesser, H. J., & Coad, B. R. (2019). Antifungal activity in compounds from the Australian desert plant Eremophila alternifolia with potency against Cryptococcus spp. Antibiotics, 8(2), 34-1-34-12.
Scopus11 WoS12 Europe PMC52019 Chew, S. M., Sweeney, N., Kidd, S. E., & Reed, C. (2019). Candida auris arriving on our shores: an Australian microbiology laboratory's experience. Pathology, 51(4), 431-433.
Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC52019 New, D., Beukers, A. G., Kidd, S. E., Merritt, A. J., Weeks, K., Van Hal, S. J., & Arthur, I. (2019). Identification of multiple species and subpopulations among Australian clinical Sporothrix isolates using whole genome sequencing. Medical Mycology, 57(7), 905-908.
Scopus19 WoS17 Europe PMC132019 Meyer, W., Arthur, I., Ellis, D., Kan, A., Kidd, S., Maszewska, K., & Weeks, K. (2019). Australian medical mycology culture collections: Fundamental resources for mycological diagnosis and research. Microbiology Australia, 40(3), 130-134.
2019 Ong, C. W., Chen, S. C. A., Clark, J. E., Halliday, C. L., Kidd, S. E., Marriott, D. J., . . . Heath, C. H. (2019). Diagnosis, management and prevention of Candida auris in hospitals: position statement of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases. Internal Medicine Journal, 49(10), 1229-1243.
Scopus54 WoS43 Europe PMC322019 Biswas, C., Marcelino, V., Van Hal, S., Halliday, C., Martinez, E., Wang, Q., . . . Chen, S. (2019). Corrigendum: Whole genome sequencing of australian candida glabrata isolates reveals genetic diversity and novel sequence types (Front. Microbiol., (2018), 9, (2946), 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02946). Frontiers in Microbiology, 10(SEP), 2218.
2019 Talbot, J. J., Frisvad, J. C., Meis, J. F., Hagen, F., Verweij, P. E., Hibbs, D. E., . . . Houbraken, J. (2019). Cyp51A mutations, extrolite profiles, and antifungal susceptibility in clinical and environmental isolates of the aspergillus viridinutans species complex. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63(11), 13 pages.
Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC152019 Pérez-Hansen, A., Lass-Flörl, C., Lackner, M., Aigner, M., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Arikan-Akdagli, S., . . . Willinger, B. (2019). Antifungal susceptibility profiles of rare ascomycetous yeasts. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74(9), 2649-2656.
Scopus28 WoS27 Europe PMC232018 Bennett, P. F., Talbot, J. J., Martin, P., Kidd, S. E., Makara, M., & Barrs, V. R. (2018). Long term survival of a dog with disseminated Aspergillus deflectus infection without definitive treatment. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 22, 1-3.
Scopus8 WoS9 Europe PMC82018 Marinelli, T., Kidd, S., Shaw, D., & Rowe, E. (2018). Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis in an indigenous Australian male without classic risk factors. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 22, 61-64.
Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC52018 Kidd, S. E., Halliday, C. L., Morris, A. J., & Chen, S. C. A. (2018). Antifungal susceptibility testing in Australasian clinical laboratories: we must improve our performance. Pathology, 50(3), 257-260.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC32018 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Turnidge, J., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Dannaoui, E., Garcia-Effron, G., Guinea, J., . . . Tortorano, A. M. (2018). Posaconazole MIC distributions for aspergillus fumigatus species complex by four methods: Impact of cyp51a mutations on estimation of epidemiological cutoff values. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 62(4), 11 pages.
Scopus39 WoS37 Europe PMC262018 Biswas, C., Marcelino, V. R., Van Hal, S., Halliday, C., Martinez, E., Wang, Q., . . . Chen, S. C. A. (2018). Whole Genome Sequencing of Australian Candida glabrata Isolates Reveals Genetic Diversity and Novel Sequence Types. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 12 pages.
Scopus41 WoS41 Europe PMC432017 Talbott, J. J., Houbraken, J., Frisvad, J. C., Samson, R. A., Kidd, S., Pitt, J., . . . Barrs, V. R. (2017). Discovery of Aspergillus frankstonensis sp. nov. during
environmental sampling for animal and human fungal pathogens. PLoS ONE, 12(8), e0181660-1-e0181660-17.
Scopus14 WoS12 Europe PMC82017 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Abreu, D. P. B., Almeida-Paes, R., Brilhante, R. S. N., Chakrabarti, A., Chowdhary, A., . . . Turnidge, J. (2017). Multicenter, International Study of MIC/ MEC Distributions for definition of epidemiological cutoff values for sporothrix species identified by molecular methods. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61(10), e01057-17-1-e01057-17-8.
Scopus92 WoS77 Europe PMC682017 Chapman, B., Slavin, M., Marriott, D., Halliday, C., Kidd, S., Arthur, I., . . . Chen, S. (2017). Changing epidemiology of candidaemia in Australia.. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 72(4), 1103-1108.
Scopus134 WoS118 Europe PMC832017 Chapman, B., Slavin, M., Marriott, D., Halliday, C., Kidd, S., Arthur, I., . . . Chen, S. (2017). Erratum: Changing epidemiology of candidaemia in Australia [J Antimicrob Chemother, 72, (2017) (1103-1108)] DOI:10.1093/jac/dkw422. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(4), 1270.
Scopus39 WoS50 Europe PMC422016 Lategan, M. J., Klare, W., Kidd, S., Hose, G. C., & Nevalainen, H. (2016). The unicellular fungal tool RhoTox for risk assessments in groundwater systems. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 132, 18-25.
Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC42016 McGuinness, S., Boyd, R., Kidd, S., McLeod, C., Krause, V., & Ralph, A. (2016). Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of cutaneous sporotrichosis, Northern Territory, Australia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 16(1), 1-7.
Scopus32 WoS25 Europe PMC182016 Morton, C. O., White, P. L., Barnes, R. A., Klingspor, L., Cuenca-Estrella, M., Lagrou, K., . . . Loeffler, J. (2016). Determining the analytical specificity of PCR-based assays for the diagnosis of IA: What is Aspergillus ?. Medical Mycology, 55(4), myw093.
Scopus42 WoS41 Europe PMC282016 Morris, A. J., Arthur, I. H., Kidd, S. E., Halliday, C. L., Meyer, W., Robson, J. M., . . . Haremza, E. (2016). Mycological testing of clinical samples in Australasian pathology laboratories: wide diversity and room for improvement. Pathology, 48(6), 531-534.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC52016 Kennedy, K. J., Daveson, K., Slavin, M. A., van Hal, S. J., Sorrell, T. C., Lee, A., . . . Chen, S. C. A. (2016). Mucormycosis in Australia: Contemporary epidemiology and outcomes. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 22(9), 775-781.
Scopus92 WoS78 Europe PMC682016 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Colombo, A., Cordoba, S., Dufresne, P., Fuller, J., Ghannoum, M., . . . Turnidge, J. (2016). International evaluation of MIC distributions and epidemiological cutoff value (ECV) definitions for Fusarium species identified by molecular methods for the CLSI broth microdilution method. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60(2), 1079-1084.
Scopus133 WoS123 Europe PMC972016 Halliday, C., Chen, S., Kidd, S., van Hal, S., Chapman, B., Heath, C., . . . Slavin, M. (2016). Antifungal susceptibilities of non-Aspergillus filamentous fungi causing invasive infection in Australia: support for current antifungal guideline recommendations. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 48(4), 453-458.
Scopus26 WoS26 Europe PMC132015 Slavin, M., van Hal, S., Sorrell, T., Lee, A., Marriott, D., Daveson, K., . . . Chambers, S. (2015). Invasive infections due to filamentous fungi other than Aspergillus: epidemiology and determinants of mortality. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 21(5), 490.e1-490.e10.
Scopus155 WoS118 Europe PMC972015 Halliday, C. L., Kidd, S. E., Sorrell, T. C., & Chen, S. C. A. (2015). Molecular diagnostic methods for invasive fungal disease: the horizon draws nearer?. Pathology, 47(3), 257-269.
Scopus42 WoS33 Europe PMC262015 van der Linden, J. W. M., Arendrup, M. C., Warris, A., Lagrou, K., Pelloux, H., Hauser, P. M., . . . Verweij, P. E. (2015). Prospective multicenter international surveillance of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21(6), 1041-1044.
Scopus330 WoS306 Europe PMC2562015 Espinel-Ingroff, A., & Kidd, S. E. (2015). Current trends in the prevalence of Cryptococcus gattii in the United States and Canada. Infection and Drug Resistance, 8, 89-97.
Scopus47 WoS43 Europe PMC342015 Talbot, J. J., Kidd, S. E., Martin, P., Beatty, J. A., & Barrs, V. R. (2015). Azole resistance in canine and feline isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus. Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42, 37-41.
Scopus21 WoS13 Europe PMC92015 Kidd, S. E., Goeman, E., Meis, J. F., Slavin, M. A., & Verweij, P. E. (2015). Multi-triazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus infections in Australia. Mycoses, 58(6), 350-355.
Scopus93 WoS84 Europe PMC712015 Gardiner, B. J., Simpson, I., Khuu, M. H., Kidd, S. E., Lo, C. H., & Jenkin, G. A. (2015). An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 7, 8-11.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC62015 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Chakrabarti, A., Chowdhary, A., Cordoba, S., Dannaoui, E., Dufresne, P., . . . Turnidge, J. (2015). Multicenter evaluation of MIC distributions for epidemiologic cutoff value definition to detect amphotericin B, posaconazole, and itraconazole resistance among the most clinically relevant species of Mucorales. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 59(3), 1745-1750.
Scopus105 WoS98 Europe PMC862015 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Alvarez-Fernandez, M., Cantón, E., Carver, P., Chen, S., Eschenauer, G., . . . Turnidge, J. (2015). Multicenter Study of Epidemiological Cutoff Values and Detection of Resistance in Candida spp. to Anidulafungin, Caspofungin, and Micafungin Using the Sensititre YeastOne Colorimetric Method. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 59(11), 6725-6732.
Scopus60 WoS57 Europe PMC522015 Brischetto, A., Kidd, S., & Baird, R. (2015). Case report: First reported Australian case of Cladophilophora arxii: Features consistent with possible primary pulmonary chromoblastomycosis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 92(4), 791-793.
Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC62015 Khoury, S., Kidd, S., & Warren, L. (2015). Neonatal tinea corporis due to a novel strain of Trichophyton rubrum. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 56(4), 311-312.
Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC42015 Kidd, S., Halliday, C., & Ellis, D. (2015). The role of clinical mycology reference laboratories. Microbiology Australia, 36(2), 64-66.
2014 Subedi, S., Kidd, S. E., Baird, R. W., Coatsworth, N., & Ralph, A. P. (2014). Case Report: Sporotrichosis from the northern territory of Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91(6), 1263-1268.
Scopus7 WoS9 Europe PMC62014 Macesic, N., Fleming, S., Kidd, S., Madigan, V., Chean, R., Ritchie, D., & Slavin, M. (2014). Protothecosis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Case report and review of previous cases. Transplant Infectious Disease, 16(3), 490-495.
Scopus19 WoS16 Europe PMC122014 Talbot, J. J., Johnson, L. R., Martin, P., Beatty, J. A., Sutton, D. A., Billen, F., . . . Barrs, V. R. (2014). What causes canine sino-nasal aspergillosis? A molecular approach to species identification. Veterinary Journal, 200(1), 17-21.
Scopus22 WoS17 Europe PMC132014 Coad, B., Kidd, S., Ellis, D., & Griesser, H. (2014). Biomaterials surfaces capable of resisting fungal attachment and biofilm formation. Biotechnology Advances, 32(2), 296-307.
Scopus68 WoS62 Europe PMC332013 Chen, S. C. A., Korman, T. M., Slavin, M. A., Marriott, D., Byth, K., Bak, N., . . . Sorrell, T. C. (2013). Antifungal therapy and management of complications of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57(4), 543-551.
Scopus105 WoS93 Europe PMC782013 Barrs, V., van Doorn, T., Houbraken, J., Kidd, S., Martin, P., Pinheiro, M., . . . Samson, R. (2013). Aspergillus felis sp. nov., an emerging agent of invasive aspergillosis in humans, cats, and dogs. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e64871-1-e64871-11.
Scopus100 WoS86 Europe PMC642013 Holmes, N. E., Trevillyan, J. M., Kidd, S. E., & Leong, T. Y. M. (2013). Locally extensive angio-invasive Scedosporium prolificans infection following resection for squamous cell lung carcinoma. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2(1), 98-102.
Scopus15 WoS12 Europe PMC122012 Bartlett, K. H., Cheng, P. Y., Duncan, C., Galanis, E., Hoang, L., Kidd, S., . . . Kronstad, J. (2012). A Decade of Experience: Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia. Mycopathologia, 173(5-6), 311-319.
Scopus63 WoS55 Europe PMC502012 Chen, S. C. A., Slavin, M. A., Heath, C. H., Geoffrey Playford, E., Byth, K., Marriott, D., . . . Sorrell, T. C. (2012). Clinical manifestations of cryptococcus gattii infection: Determinants of neurological sequelae and death. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 55(6), 789-798.
Scopus169 WoS152 Europe PMC1272012 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Aller, A., Canton, E., Castanon-Olivares, L., Chowdhary, A., Cordoba, S., . . . Turnidge, J. (2012). Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii Species Complex: an International Study of Wild-Type Susceptibility Endpoint Distributions and Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Fluconazole, Itraconazole, Posaconazole, and Voriconazole. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56(11), 5898-5906.
Scopus218 WoS208 Europe PMC1832012 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Chowdhary, A., Cuenca-Estrella, M., Fothergill, A., Fuller, J., Hagen, F., . . . Turnidge, J. (2012). Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii Species Complex: an International Study of Wild-Type Susceptibility Endpoint Distributions and Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Amphotericin B and Flucytosine. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56(6), 3107-3113.
Scopus130 WoS121 Europe PMC1072011 D'Souza, C. A., Kronstad, J. W., Taylor, G., Warren, R., Yuen, M., Hu, G., . . . Cuomoe, C. A. (2011). Genome variation in Cryptococcus gattii, an emerging pathogen of immunocompetent hosts. Mbio, 2(1), 11 pages.
Scopus175 WoS161 Europe PMC1502010 Galanis, E., Macdougall, L., Kidd, S., Morshed, M., & British Columbia Cryptococcus gattii Working Group. (2010). Epidemiology of Cryptococcus gattii, British Columbia, Canada, 1999-2007.. Emerging infectious diseases, 16(2), 251-257.
Europe PMC1762010 Galanis, E., & MacDougall, L. (2010). Epidemiology of <i>Cryptococcus gattii</i>, British Columbia, Canada, 1999-2007. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 16(2), 251-257.
WoS2142009 Datta, K., Bartlett, K. H., Baer, R., Byrnes, E., Galanis, E., Heitman, J., . . . Marr, K. A. (2009). Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest Region of the United States. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 15(8), 1185-1191.
WoS200 Europe PMC1622009 Datta, K., Bartlett, K. H., Baer, R., Byrnes, E., Galanis, E., Heitman, J., . . . Marr, K. A. (2009). Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest Region of the United States. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 15(8), 1185-1191.
WoS200 Europe PMC1622009 Kidd, S. E., Ling, L. M., Meyer, W., Morrissey, C. O., Chen, S. C. A., & Slavin, M. A. (2009). Molecular epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis: Lessons learned from an outbreak investigation in an Australian hematology unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 30(12), 1223-1226.
Scopus15 WoS12 Europe PMC102009 Kidd, S. E., Nik Zulkepeli, N. A. A., Slavin, M. A., & Morrissey, C. O. (2009). Utility of a proposed CSP typing nomenclature for Australian Aspergillus fumigatus isolates: Identification of additional CSP types and suggested modifications. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 78(2), 223-226.
Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC122009 Hurst, S. F., Kidd, S. E., Morrissey, C. O., Snelders, E., Melchers, W. J. G., Castelli, M. V., . . . Arunmozhi Balajee, S. (2009). Interlaboratory reproducibility of a single-locus sequence-based method for strain typing of Aspergillus fumigatus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47(5), 1562-1564.
Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC102008 Bartlett, K. H., Kidd, S. E., & Kronstad, J. W. (2008). The emergence of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 10(1), 58-65.
Scopus92 Europe PMC752007 Upton, A., Fraser, J. A., Kidd, S. E., Bretz, C., Bartlett, K. H., Heitman, J., & Marr, K. A. (2007). First contemporary case of human infection with Cryptococcus gattii in puget sound: Evidence for spread of the Vancouver Island outbreak. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45(9), 3086-3088.
Scopus74 WoS65 Europe PMC562007 Kidd, S. E., Bach, P. J., Hingston, A. O., Mak, S., Chow, Y., MacDougall, L., . . . Bartlett, K. H. (2007). Cryptococcus gattii dispersal mechanisms, British Columbia, Canada. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(1), 51-57.
Scopus125 WoS107 Europe PMC882007 MacDougall, L., Kidd, S. E., Galanis, E., Mak, S., Leslie, M. J., Cieslak, P. R., . . . Bartlett, K. H. (2007). Spread of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada, and detection in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(1), 42-50.
Scopus254 WoS207 Europe PMC1652007 Kidd, S. E., Chow, Y., Mak, S., Bach, P. J., Chen, H., Hingston, A. O., . . . Bartlett, K. H. (2007). Characterization of environmental sources of the human and animal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73(5), 1433-1443.
Scopus200 WoS184 Europe PMC1472006 Filion, T., Kidd, S., & Aguirre, K. (2006). Isolation of Cryptococcus laurentii from Canada Goose guano in rural upstate New York. Mycopathologia, 162(5), 363-368.
Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC102005 Kidd, S. E., Guo, H., Bartlett, K. H., Xu, J., & Kronstad, J. W. (2005). Comparative gene genealogies indicate that two clonal lineages of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia resemble strains from other geographical areas. Eukaryotic Cell, 4(10), 1629-1638.
Scopus100 WoS96 Europe PMC722004 Kidd, S. E., Hagen, F., Tscharke, R. L., Huynh, M., Bartlett, K. H., Fyfe, M., . . . Meyer, W. (2004). A rare genotype of Cryptococcus gattii caused the cryptococcosis outbreak on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(49), 17258-17263.
Scopus653 WoS594 Europe PMC4992004 Igreja, R. P., Dos Santos Lazéra, M., Wanke, B., Gutierrez Galhardo, M. C., Kidd, S. E., & Meyer, W. (2004). Molecular epidemiology of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from AIDS patients of the Brazilian city, Rio de Janeiro. Medical Mycology, 42(3), 229-238.
Scopus51 WoS48 Europe PMC432004 Katsu, M., Kidd, S., Ando, A., Moretti-Branchini, M. L., Mikami, Y., Nishimura, K., & Meyer, W. (2004). The internal transcribed spacers and 5.8S rRNA gene show extensive diversity among isolates of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. FEMS Yeast Research, 4(4-5), 377-388.
Scopus104 WoS99 Europe PMC792003 Kidd, S. E., Sorrell, T. C., & Meyer, W. (2003). Isolation of two molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from insect frass. Medical Mycology, 41(2), 171-176.
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Books
Year Citation 2022 Kidd, S., Halliday, C., & Ellis, D. (2022). Descriptions of Medical Fungi. CABI.
DOI2016 Kidd, S., Halliday, C., Alexiou, H., & Ellis, D. (2016). Descriptions of Medical Fungi Third Edition. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2022 Hilmarsdóttir, I., Kidd, S., & Lau, A. (2022). Chapter 87: Mycology. In N. Rifai (Ed.), Tietz Textbook of Laboratory Medicine - E-Book (7th ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. 2019 Kidd, S. E. (2019). Cryptococcosis. In B. W. Wilcke Jr, & D. L. Heymann (Eds.), Control of Communicable Diseases. American Public Health Association.
DOI2019 Kidd, S. E., & Arthur, I. (2019). Sporotrichosis. In B. W. Wilcke Jr, & D. L. Heymann (Eds.), Control of Communicable Diseases. American Public Health Association.
DOI2018 Halliday, C. L., & Kidd, S. E. (2018). Cryptococcus species. In C. C. Kibbler, R. Barton, N. A. R. Gow, S. Howell, D. M. MacCallum, & R. J. Manuel (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology (pp. 81-82). Oxford University Press.
DOI2018 Kidd, S. E., & Halliday, C. H. (2018). Dematiaceous fungi. In C. C. Kibbler, R. Barton, N. A. R. Gow, S. Howell, D. M. MacCallum, & R. J. Manuel (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology (pp. 88-92). UK: Oxford University Press.
DOI2014 Bartlett, K., Byrnes, E., Duncan, C., Fyfe, M., Galanis, E., Heitman, J., . . . Kronstad, J. (2014). The Emergence of Cryptococcus gattii Infections on Vancouver Island and Expansion in the Pacific Northwest. In Cryptococcus from Human Pathogen to Model Yeast (pp. 313-325). ASM Press.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2021 Crawford, L., Turra, M., Kidd, S., & Weldhagen, G. (2021). Candida auris PCR for high throughput infection control screening. In Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Scientific Meeting. Australia. 2021 Crawford, L., & Kidd, S. (2021). Simple detection and differentiation of Candida auris on CHROMagar Candida Plus agar. In Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Scientific Meeting. Australia. 2019 Crawford, L. C., Tam, P., Kidd, S., & Nelson, R. (2019). Scopulariopsis gracilis septic arthritis in an immunocompromised host. In Mycology Masterclass. Kingscliff, NSW, Australia. 2016 McGuinness, S., Boyd, R., Kidd, S., McLeod, C., Krause, V., & Ralph, A. (2016). Epidemiological Investigation Of An Outbreak Of Sporotrichosis. In INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL Vol. 46 (pp. 12-13). WILEY-BLACKWELL.
DOI2014 Viiret, E., Birader, M., Holmes, M., Kidd, S., & Holmes-Liew, C. (2014). UTILITY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE GALACTOMANNAN IN DIAGNOSIS OF ASPERGILLOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 19 (pp. 127). WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2012 Chen, S., Slavin, M., Heath, C., Playford, E. G., Byth, K., Marriott, D., . . . Sorrell, T. (2012). <i>Cryptococcus gattii</i> infection: Long term morbidity and determinants of neurological sequelae and death. In MYCOSES Vol. 55 (pp. 78). WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2007 Galanis, E., MacDougall, L., Li, M., Kidd, S., Lee, M., & Morshed, M. (2007). Clinical and epidemiological aspects of locally-acquired <i>Cryptococcus gattii</i> human infections, an emerging fungal pathogen in British Columbia, Canada. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS Vol. 29 (pp. S34-S35). Munich, GERMANY: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
DOI2004 Bartlett, K. H., MacDougall, L., Mak, S., Duncan, C., Kidd, S., & Fyfe, M. (2004). Cryptococcus gattii, a tropical pathogen emerging in a temperate climate zone. In 16th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology (pp. 39-43).
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2019 Nelson, R., Crawford, L., Kidd, S., & Tam, P. C. K. (2019). Scopulariopsis gracilis septic arthritis. Poster session presented at the meeting of Mycology Master Class. 2017 Espinel-Ingroff, A., Abreu, D. P. B., Almeida-Paes, D., Brilhante, R. S. N., Chakrabarti, A., Chowdhary, A., . . . Turnidge, J. (2017). International evaluation of CLSI MIC/MEC distributions for definition of epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs) for species of Sporothrix identified by molecular methods. Poster session presented at the meeting of MYCOSES. WILEY. 2013 Birader, M. I., Kidd, S., & Holmes-Liew, C. -L. (2013). OPTIMAL UTILITY OF BAL FLUID GALACTOMANNAN IN DIAGNOSING INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS. Poster session presented at the meeting of RESPIROLOGY. WILEY-BLACKWELL. 2013 Birader, M. I., Holmes, M. D., Kidd, S., & Holmes-Liew, C. L. (2013). Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage galactomannan in diagnosis of Aspergillosis in lung transplant recipients. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts from the 33rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, as published in Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Montreal, Canada: Elsevier.
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Theses
Year Citation 2003 Kidd, S. (2003). Molecular epidemiology and characterisation of genetic structure to assess speciation within the Cryptococcus neoformans complex. (PhD Thesis, University of Sydney). -
Internet Publications
Year Citation 2014 Kidd, S. E., & ellis, D. (2014). Australian Antifungal Susceptibility Trends in Yeasts: 2000-2013.. Australian Society of Antimicrobials.
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2019 - 2019 Member ASM Scientific Program Committee, Adelaide, 2019 Australian Society for Microbiology Australia 2012 - 2017 Co-Chair Organising Committee, ISHAM Conference, Melbourne May 4-8 2015 ANZMIG Australia 2011 - ongoing Advisory Board Member RCPA QAP Microbiology Royal College of Pathologists Quality Assurance Program Australia 2011 - ongoing Secretary Australia New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG) Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Australia 2011 - 2013 Member ASM Conference Local Organising Committee, Adelaide 2013 ASM Australia 2011 - ongoing Chair Mycology Masterclass (Biennial event) ANZMIG Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2023 - ongoing Member American Society for Microbiology United States 2018 - ongoing Member Australian Society for Antimicrobials Australia 2012 - ongoing Member International Society for Human and Animal Mycology - 2011 - ongoing Member Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Australia 2001 - ongoing Member Australian Society for Microbiology Australia -
Consulting/Advisories
Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country 2018 - ongoing ASA EUCAST National AST Committee (AusNAC) - Scientific research Australia 2017 - ongoing National Association of Testing Authorities - Health services and related Australia 2016 - ongoing International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) - Health services and related New Zealand 2015 - ongoing Merck Sharp & Dohme - Health services and related Australia 2014 - ongoing Mayne Pharma - Health services and related Australia 2011 - ongoing Pfizer Anti-infectives - Health services and related Australia -
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Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2018 - 2021 Editor Journal of Medical Microbiology Microbiology Society United Kingdom
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