Fungus Testing Laboratory
ATTENTION: Beginning December 1, 2024, we will no longer offer the following: *Azole Panel – each azole listed will still be available to order separately
AMB/Candin Panel – each antifungal listed will still be available to order separately
Synergy Studies
*For the Azole Panel and AMB/Candin Panel, if requested, each antifungal will be ordered and tested separately.
ATTENTION: We are currently unable to perform antifungal susceptibility testing with ibrexafungerp.
ATTENTION: Due to the increased number of cultures received that are contaminated with either bacteria or a second fungus and the additional time and resources needed to separate these from the organism to be tested, we will begin to apply an additional $65 fee to all cultures/specimens we receive that are contaminated.
Services offered include: Fungal identification, the in vitro susceptibility testing of antifungal drugs, the measurement of levels of antimycotic agents in biological tissues and fluids, and the evaluation of antifungal properties of potential and new antifungal drugs. The Fungus Testing Laboratory has been particularly active in the screening and testing of newly licensed antifungal antimicrobics for the pharmaceutical industry and serves as the contract laboratory for clinical efficacy studies involving these agents in therapeutic and clinical trials in humans for the major drug companies involved in the development of such antimicrobial agents.
PLEASE NOTE: Yeast identification now offered by MALDI-TOF MS. Testing is reflexed to routine identification (DNA sequence analysis and phenotypic characteristics) if unable to identify the species by MALDI-TOF MS.
Laboratory Director:
Nathan P. Wiederhold, Pharm. D.
E-Mail: FTL@uthscsa.edu
The Fungus Testing Laboratory at the University of Texas
Health Science Center will be closed and unable to receive
shipments on the following dates:
September 2, 2024
November 28, 2024
November 29, 2024
December 24, 2024
December 25, 2024
December 26, 2024
January 1, 2025
January 20, 2025
February 17, 2025
May 26, 2025
June 19, 2025
July 4, 2025
Please contact us at 210-567-4131 if you have any
questions or concerns.