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 now offering antifungal susceptibility testing with ibrexafungerp and oteseconazole.
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:
November 26, 2026
November 27, 2026
December 24, 2026
December 25, 2026
December 28, 2026
December 31, 2026
January 1, 2027
January 18, 2027
February 15, 2027
May 31, 2027
July 5, 2027
Please contact us at 210-567-4131 if you have any
questions or concerns.