Dr Sarah Kidd
Sarah Kidd is Head of the National Mycology Reference Centre at SA Pathology, Adelaide, as well as adjunct staff at both the University of Adelaide and University of South Australia. She completed a Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours and a PhD in Medicine, both at the University of Sydney. She has undertaken postdoctoral training and research in medical mycology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and at Monash University at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. Research interests include the epidemiology, phylogeny, and antifungal susceptibilities of fungi, in particular Aspergillus and Cryptococcus species.
Appointments
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Adjunct Senior Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2011 | Head, National Mycology Reference Centre | SA Pathology |
| 2006 - 2010 | Postdoctoral Research Scientist | Monash University, Melbourne |
| 2003 - 2006 | Postdoctoral Research Scientist | University of British Columbia |
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 |
Keywords
Mycology
Journals
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Chapman,B, Slavin,M, Marriott,D, Halliday,C, Kidd,S, Arthur,I, Bak,N, Heath,C, Kennedy,K, Morrissey,C et al, 2017, Changing epidemiology of candidaemia in Australia., The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 72, 4, 1103-1108 10.1093/jac/dkw422 |
| 2017 | Chapman,B, Slavin,M, Marriott,D, Halliday,C, Kidd,S, Arthur,I, Bak,N, Heath,C, Kennedy,K, Morrissey,C et al, 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- 10.1093/jac/dkx047 |
| 2016 | Halliday,C, Chen,S, Kidd,S, van Hal,S, Chapman,B, Heath,C, Lee,A, Kennedy,K, Daveson,K, Sorrell,T et al, 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 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.07.005 |
| 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 10.1186/s12879-016-1338-0 |
| 2016 | Espinel-Ingroff,A, Colombo,A, Cordoba,S, Dufresne,P, Fuller,J, Ghannoum,M, Gonzalez,G, Guarro,J, Kidd,S, Meis,J et al, 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 10.1128/AAC.02456-15 |
| 2016 | Morton,C, White,P, Barnes,R, Klingspor,L, Cuenca-Estrella,M, Lagrou,K, Bretagne,S, Melchers,W, Mengoli,C, Caliendo,A et al, 2016, Determining the analytical specificity of PCR-based assays for the diagnosis of IA: What is Aspergillus ?, Medical Mycology, myw093-myw093 10.1093/mmy/myw093 |
| 2016 | Kennedy,K, Daveson,K, Slavin,M, van Hal,S, Sorrell,T, Lee,A, Marriott,D, Chapman,B, Halliday,C, Hajkowicz,K et al, 2016, Mucormycosis in Australia: Contemporary epidemiology and outcomes, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 22, 9, 775-781 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.01.005 |
| 2016 | Lategan,M, Klare,W, Kidd,S, Hose,G, Nevalainen,H, 2016, The unicellular fungal tool RhoTox for risk assessments in groundwater systems, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 132, 18-25 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.05.019 |
| 2016 | Morris,A, Arthur,I, Kidd,S, Halliday,C, Meyer,W, Robson,J, Chen,S, Walker,D, Haremza,E, 2016, Mycological testing of clinical samples in Australasian pathology laboratories: wide diversity and room for improvement, Pathology, 48, 6, 531-534 10.1016/j.pathol.2016.07.004 |
| 2015 | Gardiner,B, Simpson,I, Khuu,M, Kidd,S, Lo,C, Jenkin,G, 2015, An unusual ulcer: A case of cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae, Medical Mycology Case Reports, 7, 8-11 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.11.003 |
| 2015 | Kidd,S, Halliday,C, Ellis,D, 2015, The role of clinical mycology reference laboratories, Microbiology Australia, 36, 2, 64-66 10.1071/MA15022 |
| 2015 | Espinel-Ingroff,A, Alvarez-Fernandez,M, Cantón,E, Carver,P, Chen,S, Eschenauer,G, Getsinger,D, Gonzalez,G, Govender,N, Grancini,A et al, 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 10.1128/AAC.01250-15 |
| 2015 | Talbot,J, Kidd,S, Martin,P, Beatty,J, Barrs,V, 2015, Azole resistance in canine and feline isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus, Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42, 37-41 10.1016/j.cimid.2015.08.002 |
| 2015 | Espinel-Ingroff,A, Kidd,S, 2015, Current trends in the prevalence of Cryptococcus gattii in the United States and Canada, Infection and Drug Resistance, 8, 89-97 10.2147/IDR.S57686 |
| 2015 | Espinel-Ingroff,A, Chakrabarti,A, Chowdhary,A, Cordoba,S, Dannaoui,E, Dufresne,P, Fothergill,A, Ghannoum,M, Gonzalez,G, Guarro,J et al, 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 10.1128/AAC.04435-14 |
| 2015 | Slavin,M, van Hal,S, Sorrell,T, Lee,A, Marriott,D, Daveson,K, Kennedy,K, Hajkowicz,K, Halliday,C, Athan,E et al, 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 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.12.021 |
| 2015 | Kidd,S, Goeman,E, Meis,J, Slavin,M, Verweij,P, 2015, Multi-triazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus infections in Australia, Mycoses, 58, 6, 350-355 10.1111/myc.12324 |
| 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 10.1111/ajd.12223 |
| 2015 | Halliday,C, Kidd,S, Sorrell,T, Chen,S, 2015, Molecular diagnostic methods for invasive fungal disease: the horizon draws nearer?, Pathology, 47, 3, 257-269 10.1097/PAT.0000000000000234 |
| 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 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0711 |
| 2015 | van der Linden,J, Arendrup,M, Warris,A, Lagrou,K, Pelloux,H, Hauser,P, Chryssanthou,E, Mellado,E, Kidd,S, Tortorano,A et al, 2015, Prospective multicenter international surveillance of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21, 6, 1041-1044 10.3201/eid2106.140717 |
| 2014 | Talbot,J, Johnson,L, Martin,P, Beatty,J, Sutton,D, Billen,F, Halliday,C, Gibson,J, Kidd,S, Steiner,J et al, 2014, What causes canine sino-nasal aspergillosis? A molecular approach to species identification, Veterinary Journal, 200, 1, 17-21 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.01.009 |
| 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 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.10.015 |
| 2014 | Subedi,S, Kidd,S, Baird,R, Coatsworth,N, Ralph,A, 2014, Case Report: Sporotrichosis from the northern territory of Australia, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91, 6, 1263-1268 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0456 |
| 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 10.1111/tid.12223 |
| 2013 | Chen,S, Korman,T, Slavin,M, Marriott,D, Byth,K, Bak,N, Currie,B, Hajkowicz,K, Heath,C, Kidd,S et al, 2013, Antifungal therapy and management of complications of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57, 4, 543-551 10.1093/cid/cit341 |
| 2013 | Holmes,N, Trevillyan,J, Kidd,S, Leong,T, 2013, Locally extensive angio-invasive Scedosporium prolificans infection following resection for squamous cell lung carcinoma, Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2, 1, 98-102 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.04.001 |
| 2013 | Barrs,V, van Doorn,T, Houbraken,J, Kidd,S, Martin,P, Pinheiro,M, Richardson,M, Varga,J, Samson,R, 2013, Aspergillus felis sp. nov., an Emerging Agent of Invasive Aspergillosis in Humans, Cats, and Dogs, PLoS ONE, 8, 6, e64871- 10.1371/journal.pone.0064871 |
| 2012 | Chen,S, Slavin,M, Heath,C, Geoffrey Playford,E, Byth,K, Marriott,D, Kidd,S, Bak,N, Currie,B, Hajkowicz,K et al, 2012, Clinical manifestations of cryptococcus gattii infection: Determinants of neurological sequelae and death, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 55, 6, 789-798 10.1093/cid/cis529 |
| 2012 | Espinel-Ingroff,A, Aller,A, Canton,E, Castanon-Olivares,L, Chowdhary,A, Cordoba,S, Cuenca-Estrella,M, Fothergill,A, Fuller,J, Govender,N et al, 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 10.1128/AAC.01115-12 |
| 2012 | Bartlett,K, Cheng,P, Duncan,C, Galanis,E, Hoang,L, Kidd,S, Lee,M, Lester,S, MacDougall,L, Mak,S et al, 2012, A Decade of Experience: Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Mycopathologia, 173, 5-6, 311-319 10.1007/s11046-011-9475-x |
| 2012 | Espinel-Ingroff,A, Chowdhary,A, Cuenca-Estrella,M, Fothergill,A, Fuller,J, Hagen,F, Govender,N, Guarro,J, Johnson,E, Lass-Florl,C et al, 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 10.1128/AAC.06252-11 |
| 2011 | D'Souza,C, Kronstad,J, Taylor,G, Warren,R, Yuen,M, Hu,G, Jung,W, Sham,A, Kidd,S, Tangen,K et al, 2011, Genome variation in Cryptococcus gattii, an emerging pathogen of immunocompetent hosts, mBio, 2, 1, e00342-e00310 10.1128/mBio.00342-10 |
| 2010 | Kidd,S, galanis,E, macdougall,E, morshed,M, 2010, Epidemiology of Cryptococcus gattii, British Columbia, Canada, 1999-2007., Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16, 2, 251-257 10.3201/eid1602.090900 |
| 2009 | Kidd,S, Ling,L, Meyer,W, Morrissey,C, Chen,S, Slavin,M, 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 10.1086/648452 |
| 2009 | Hurst,S, Kidd,S, Morrissey,C, Snelders,E, Melchers,W, Castelli,M, Mellado,E, Simmon,K, Petti,C, Richardson,S et al, 2009, Interlaboratory reproducibility of a single-locus sequence-based method for strain typing of Aspergillus fumigatus, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47, 5, 1562-1564 10.1128/JCM.00124-09 |
| 2009 | Kidd,S, Nik Zulkepeli,N, Slavin,M, Morrissey,C, 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 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.06.003 |
| 2009 | Datta,K, Bartlett,KH, Baer,R, Byrnes,E, Galanis,E, Heitman,J, Hoang,L, Leslie,MJ, MacDougall,L, Magill,SS et al, 2009, Spread of Cryptococcus gattii into Pacific Northwest region of the United States., Emerging infectious diseases, 15, 8, 1185-1191 10.3201/eid1508.081384 |
| 2008 | Bartlett,K, Kidd,S, Kronstad,J, 2008, The emergence of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, Current Infectious Disease Reports, 10, 1, 58-65 10.1007/s11908-008-0011-1 |
| 2007 | MacDougall,L, Kidd,S, Galanis,E, Mak,S, Leslie,M, Cieslak,P, Kronstad,J, Morshed,M, Bartlett,K, 2007, Spread of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada, and detection in the Pacific Northwest, USA, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13, 1, 42-50 10.3201/eid1301.060827 |
| 2007 | Upton,A, Fraser,J, Kidd,S, Bretz,C, Bartlett,K, Heitman,J, Marr,K, 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 10.1128/JCM.00593-07 |
| 2007 | Kidd,S, Bach,P, Hingston,A, Mak,S, Chow,Y, MacDougall,L, Kronstad,J, Bartlett,K, 2007, Cryptococcus gattii dispersal mechanisms, British Columbia, Canada, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13, 1, 51-57 10.3201/eid1301.060823 |
| 2007 | Kidd,S, Chow,Y, Mak,S, Bach,P, Chen,H, Hingston,A, Kronstad,J, Bartlett,K, 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 10.1128/AEM.01330-06 |
| 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 10.1007/s11046-006-0066-1 |
| 2005 | Kidd,S, Guo,H, Bartlett,K, Xu,J, Kronstad,J, 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 10.1128/EC.4.10.1629-1638.2005 |
| 2004 | Kidd,S, Hagen,F, Tscharke,R, Huynh,M, Bartlett,K, Fyfe,M, MacDougall,L, Boekhout,T, Kwon-Chung,K, Meyer,W et al, 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 10.1073/pnas.0402981101 |
| 2004 | Katsu,M, Kidd,S, Ando,A, Moretti-Branchini,M, 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 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00176-4 |
| 2004 | Igreja,R, Dos Santos Lazéra,M, Wanke,B, Gutierrez Galhardo,M, Kidd,S, 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 10.1080/13693780310001644743 |
| 2003 | Kidd,S, Sorrell,T, Meyer,W, 2003, Isolation of two molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from insect frass, Medical Mycology, 41, 2, 171-176 10.1080/mmy.41.2.171.176 |
Books
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Kidd,S, Halliday,C, Alexiou,H, Ellis,D, 2016, Descriptions of Medical Fungi Third Edition |
Book Chapters
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2011 | bartlett,K, Byrnes,E, Duncan,C, Fyfe,M, Galanis,E, Heitman,J, Hoang,L, Kidd,S, MacDougall,L, Mak,S et al, 2011, The Emergence of Cryptococcus gattii Infections on Vancouver Island and Expansion in the Pacific Northwest, ASM Press, USA 10.1128/9781555816858.ch23 |
Conference Papers
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Bartlett,K, MacDougall,L, Mak,S, Duncan,C, Kidd,S, Fyfe,M, 2004, Cryptococcus gattii, a tropical pathogen emerging in a temperate climate zone |
Conference Items
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Birader,MI, Holmes,MD, Kidd,S, Holmes-Liew,CL, 2013, Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage galactomannan in diagnosis of Aspergillosis in lung transplant recipients, 33rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Montreal, Canada 10.1016/j.healun.2013.01.924 |
| 2013 | Birader,M, Kidd,S, Holmes-Liew,C-L, 2013, OPTIMAL UTILITY OF BAL FLUID GALACTOMANNAN IN DIAGNOSING INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS |
Theses
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Kidd,S; 2003; Molecular epidemiology and characterisation of genetic structure to assess speciation within the Cryptococcus neoformans complex |
Internet Publications
| Date | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Kidd,SE, ellis,D; 2014; Australian Antifungal Susceptibility Trends in Yeasts: 2000-2013. |
Mycology lectures for:
Medical Microbiology & Immunology II, University of Adelaide
MBBS III, University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine IV, University of South Australia
Student Supervision / Steering Comittees
2014–present Dr. Jessica Talbot, PhD Supervisory committee, Univ. Sydney, Dept. Veterinary Sciences.
2009–2012 Dr. Christina Chang, PhD advisory committee, Monash Univ., Dept. Medicine
2009 Nik Zulkepeli, MBBS III Advanced Medical Science Project, Univ. Melbourne, Dept. Medicine.
Memberships
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Member | International Society for Human and Animal Mycology | |
| 2011 | Member | Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) | Australia |
| 2001 | Member | Australian Society for Microbiology | Australia |
Committee Memberships
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Chair | Mycology Masterclass VI, Oct 26-28 2017 | ANZMIG | Australia |
| 2012 - 2017 | Co-Chair | Organising Committee, ISHAM Conference, Melbourne May 4-8 2015 | ANZMIG | Australia |
| 2012 - 2013 | Chair | Mycology Masterclass VI, Oct 31-Nov 2 2013 | ANZMIG | Australia |
| 2011 | Advisory Board Member | RCPA QAP Microbiology | Royal College of Pathologists Quality Assurance Program | Australia |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2010 - 2011 | Co-Chair | Mycology Masterclass V, 27-29 October 2011 | ANZMIG | Australia |
Consulting/Advisories
| Date | Institution | Department | Organisation Type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Merck Sharp & Dohme | Health services and related | Australia | |
| 2014 | Mayne Pharma | Health services and related | Australia | |
| 2011 | Pfizer Anti-infectives | Health services and related | Australia |
Position
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Phone
82223544
Fax
8222 3543
Org Unit
School of Biological Sciences