AFWG Education Module 1: The Value of Clinical Mycology Laboratories
The ideal reference mycology laboratory is set up to detect fungal disease rapidly and accurately. However, many mycology labs in Asia may still lack training and resources to be able to keep up with the high demands of centers that rely on their performance. What is the range of functions and testing that a high-quality clinical mycology laboratory can perform?
Dr Sarah Kidd presents several microscopy and culture best practices in this module, highlighting the burden of invasive fungal disease (IFD), updates on non–culture-based detection and other useful methods for fungal identification, and the importance of antifungal susceptibility testing and reporting emerging pathogens and resistance.