Australian medical mycology culture collections: fundamental resources for mycological diagnosis and research
Wieland Meyer A E , Ian Arthur B , David Ellis C , Alex Kan A , Sarah Kidd C , Krystina Maszewska A and Kerry Weeks D
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A Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital (Research and Education Network), Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
B Mycology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
C National Mycology Reference Centre, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
D Australian National Reference Laboratory in Medical Mycology, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW Health Pathology, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
E Email: wieland.meyer@sydney.edu.au
Microbiology Australia 40(3) 130-134 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA19035
Published: 16 September 2019
Abstract
Currently in Australia, there are four major medical mycology culture collections that form a close collaborative network. They provide fundamental resources for diagnosis and research and are part of the World Federation of Culture Collections.
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