Sarah Kidd

Research Interests

Mycology

APrf Sarah Kidd

School of Biological Sciences

College of Sciences


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

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

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 -

Date Institution name Country Title
2000 - 2003 University of Sydney Australia PhD
1996 - 1999 University of Sydney Australia Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons.)

Date Title Institution Country
2006 - 2010 Research Fellow Monash University, Alfred Hospital Australia
2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of British Columbia Canada

Year Citation
2026 Montgomery, S. T., Rezaee, H., Sbaraini, N., Iszatt, J., Mantjani, L., Kidd, S. E., . . . Garratt, L. W. (2026). Draft genome sequences of the pathogenic fungi <i>Scedosporium aurantiacum</i> and <i>Scedosporium apiospermum</i> from clinical isolates. MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS, 15(1), 3 pages.
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2026 Phillips, K., Acker, K. P., Han, J. -Y., Salvatore, C. M., Permar, S. R., Rolón, R. M., . . . Dubois, M. M. (2026). &lt;i&gt;Trichosporon inkin&lt;/i&gt; meningitis in a pediatric patient diagnosed via metagenomic sequencing.. ASM case reports, 1(2), e00053-e00025.
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2026 Neoh, C. F., Chen, S. C. -A., Morris, A. J., Heath, C. H., Tan, S. J., Lane, R., . . . Australian and New Zealand Study Group for non-Aspergillus mold infections. (2026). Current Epidemiology and Infection Characteristics of Non-Aspergillus Mold Infections: A Multicenter Study in Australia and New Zealand.. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, ciag029.
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2025 Zhang, S. X., de Hoog, S., Denning, D. W., Ahmed, S. A., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Arendrup, M. C., . . . Walsh, T. J. (2025). Reaffirming the importance of nomenclature stability for <i>Candida auris</i> and its associated disease of candidiasis. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 5 pages.
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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.
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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, 103(10), 642-654.
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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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 Crawford, L. C., & Kidd, S. E. (2024). Photo Quiz: Subungual organism in a renal transplant patient. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 62(8), 4 pages.
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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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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2024 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.
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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, 14 pages.
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2023 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.
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2023 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.
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2023 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.
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2023 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.
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2022 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.
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2022 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.
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2022 Kidd, S. E., & Weldhagen, G. F. (2022). Diagnosis of dermatophytes: from microscopy to direct PCR. Microbiology Australia, 43(1), 9-13.
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2022 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.
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2022 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.
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2021 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.
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2021 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.
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2021 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.
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2021 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.
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2021 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.
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2021 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.
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2020 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.
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2020 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.
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2020 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.
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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.
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2019 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.
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2019 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.
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2019 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.
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2019 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.
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2019 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.
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2019 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.
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2019 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.
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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.
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2019 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.
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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.
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2019 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.
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2018 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.
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2018 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.
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2018 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.
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2018 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.
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2018 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.
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2017 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.

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2017 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.
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2017 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.
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2017 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.
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2016 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.
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2016 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.
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2016 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.
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2016 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.
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2016 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.
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2016 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.
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2016 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 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.
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2015 Kidd, S., Halliday, C., & Ellis, D. (2015). The role of clinical mycology reference laboratories. Microbiology Australia, 36(2), 64-66.
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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.
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2014 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.
DOI Scopus19 WoS16 Europe PMC14
2014 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.
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2014 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.
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2013 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.
DOI Scopus106 WoS94 Europe PMC88
2013 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.
DOI Scopus102 WoS86 Europe PMC71
2013 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.
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2012 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.
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2012 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.
DOI Scopus175 WoS157 Europe PMC140
2012 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.
DOI Scopus225 WoS212 Europe PMC189
2012 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.
DOI Scopus134 WoS124 Europe PMC114
2011 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.
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2010 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.
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2010 Galanis, E., & MacDougall, L. (2010). Epidemiology of <i>Cryptococcus gattii</i>, British Columbia, Canada, 1999-2007. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 16(2), 251-257.
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2009 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.
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2009 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.
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2009 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.
DOI Scopus15 WoS12 Europe PMC10
2009 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.
DOI Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC12
2009 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.
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2008 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.
DOI Scopus94 Europe PMC78
2007 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.
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2007 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.
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2007 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.
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2007 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.
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2006 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.
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2005 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.
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2004 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.
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2004 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.
DOI Scopus51 WoS48 Europe PMC44
2004 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.
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2003 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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Year Citation
2022 Kidd, S., Halliday, C., & Ellis, D. (2022). Descriptions of Medical Fungi. CABI.
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2016 Kidd, S., Halliday, C., Alexiou, H., & Ellis, D. (2016). Descriptions of Medical Fungi Third Edition.

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.
2022 Hilmarsdóttir, I., Kidd, S. E., & Lau, A. F. (2022). Mycology. In Tietz Textbook of Laboratory Medicine Seventh Edition (pp. 1204-1204.e171).
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2019 Kidd, S. E. (2019). Cryptococcosis. In B. W. Wilcke Jr, & D. L. Heymann (Eds.), Control of Communicable Diseases. American Public Health Association.
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2019 Kidd, S. E., & Arthur, I. (2019). Sporotrichosis. In B. W. Wilcke Jr, & D. L. Heymann (Eds.), Control of Communicable Diseases. American Public Health Association.
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2018 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.
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2018 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.
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2014 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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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.
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2014 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.
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2004 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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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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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).

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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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
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