Fungal Diagnostics Hub

Welcome to the Fungal Diagnostics Hub. This section of FungusEducationHub.org provides a range of clinical resources, educational activities, and additional resources on fungal diagnostics. These offerings are curated to help you navigate fungal diagnostics and provide the best care possible to patients at risk for or diagnosed with fungal infections. We hope you find these resources helpful, and we welcome your thoughts on additional offerings that we may provide here.

Educational Resources

MSGERC Grand Rounds Webinar Series

Episode 11—Could it Be Fungal? Exploring Clinical Scenarios

Archived from January 7th, 2025

Fungal infections can manifest in many ways, making diagnosis challenging. When should you think fungal? What are the skin, central nervous system, and pulmonary signs and symptoms that should trigger a fungal diagnostic workup? In this webinar, expert infectious diseases experts Dr Derek Bays and Dr Patrick Mazi present clinical scenarios where a fungal workup is appropriate. This discussion will include clinical scenarios to help the non-specialist recognize clues in fungal etiology and begin the fungal diagnostic process.

Clinical Resources

Clinical Diagnostic Algorithms for Fungal Pneumonias

CDC, in conjunction with the Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium (MSGERC) and the Coccidioidomycosis Study Group (CSG), developed a set of algorithms to support the recognition and diagnosis of fungal pneumonias in the setting of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

These endemic algorithms have been created to help you understand when to “think fungus” and facilitate the diagnosis of blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, and histoplasmosis in the primary care and urgent care settings. We hope you find these helpful. In addition to the algorithms themselves, we have a range of additional resources to assist you in applying them in clinical scenarios.

Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) When to Think Fungus: Blastomycosis

For more details about this clinical testing algorithm, please see the CDC webpage.

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) When to Think Fungus: Histoplasmosis

For more details about this clinical testing algorithm, please see the CDC webpage.

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) When to Think Fungus: Coccidioidomycosis

For more details about this clinical testing algorithm, please see the CDC webpage.

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Clinical Courses

Coming Soon! New ISHAM Course: Application of Fungal Diagnostics in Clinical Scenarios

We are excited to announce that the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) course, Application of Fungal Diagnostics in Clinical Scenarios, is coming soon. This will be a companion resource to the newly updated ISHAM Diagnostic Mycology Course.

The course will consist of 5 cases representing diagnostic decision making in a range of patient types as outlined below. You may select and review the patient types relevant to your practice. Participants who pass the final course exam covering all cases will receive a certificate from ISHAM recognizing their completion of the course.

The course is aimed at anyone who would like to deepen their understanding of fungal diagnostics.

The case types will include diagnostic challenges related to IFIs occurring in the following host types:

Pediatrics
Dr Alida Fe Talento
Hematology Oncology/ Stem Cell Transplant
Dr Joy Sarojini Michael
Intensive Care Unit
Dr Rita Oladele
HIV (histoplasmosis)
TBD
Solid Organ Transplantation
Dr Barbara Alexander

We thank Dr H. Ruth Ashbee for chairing this initiative. We also wish to thank Ms Uliana Isbell Biryukova for program assistance as well as Dr Lisa Tushla and Ms Hillary O’Connor for editorial assistance.

Resources

In this section, you can find resources on fungal laboratory testing. Below are key CDC resources as well as a searchable list of fungal reference labs, listed by state.

CDC Resources

Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network
https://www.cdc.gov/antimicrobial-resistance-laboratory-networks/php/about/domestic.html

Fungal Disease Laboratories
https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/hcp/laboratories/index.html

List of Fungal Disease Reference Labs

Alabama

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
Address: 619 19th Street South, Room W273, Birmingham, AL 35294-7331
Primary Contact: Sixto Leal
Primary Contact Email: smleal@uabmc.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 205-934-6421
Link: https://sites.uab.edu/fungalreferencelab/contact/

Alberta

Public Health Laboratory (ProvLab), Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL), Edmonton, Canada
Address: 8440 112 Street, NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada
Primary Contact: Tanis Dingle
Primary Contact Email: Tanis.Dingle@aplabs.ca
Primary Contact Phone Number: 403-944-3091
Link: https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/webapps/labservices/indexAPL.asp?zoneid=1&SearchText=&submit=Submit+Query&upperTest=-1&lowerTest=-1

Arizona

Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Phoenix, USA
Address: 5777 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054
Primary Contact: Tom Grys
Primary Contact Email: grys.thomas@mayo.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 480-342-2000
Link: https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/specimen/

California

Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, USA
Address: 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
Primary Contact: Niaz Banaei
Primary Contact Email: nbanaei@stanford.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 650-736-8052
Link: https://med.stanford.edu/

DC

Children’s National Hospital, Washington, USA
Address: 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010
Primary Contact: Benjamin Liu
Primary Contact Email: bliu1@childrensnational.org
Primary Contact Phone Number: 202-476-2161
Link: https://research.childrensnational.org/labs#numberOfResults=9

Florida

American Board of Pathology, Tampa, USA
Address: 4830 West Kennedy Blvd, Suite 690, Tampa, FL 33609
Primary Contact: Gary Procop
Primary Contact Email: gprocop@abpath.org
Primary Contact Phone Number: Company: 813-286-2444
Link: https://abpath.org/

Georgia

CDC Mycotic Diseases Branch, Atlanta, USA
Address: 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30329
Primary Contact: Shawn Lockhart
Primary Contact Email: Company: mcstor@cdc.gov
Primary Contact Phone Number: N/A
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/hcp/laboratories/specimen-submission.html

Illinois

Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, USA
Address: 2160 S 1st Ave, Maywood, IL 60153
Primary Contact: Amanda Harrington
Primary Contact Email: amharrington@luc.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 708-327-2571
Link: https://www.loyolamedicine.org/location/loyola-university-medical-center-0

Indiana

MiraVista Lab, Indianapolis, USA
Address: 4705 Decatur Blvd., Indianapolis, Indiana 46241
Primary Contact: N/A
Primary Contact Email: N/A
Primary Contact Phone Number: Company: 866-647-2847
Link: https://miravistalabs.com/about/fungal-infection-diagnostic-laboratory/

Maryland

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA
Address: 1800 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21287
Primary Contact: Sean Zhang
Primary Contact Email: szhang28@jhmi.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 410-955-5000

Link: https://pathology.jhu.edu/microbiology/specimen-collection-guideline

NIH Microbiology Service, Bethesda, USA
Address: 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892
Primary Contact: Amir Seyedmousavi
Primary Contact Email: seyedmousavi@nih.gov
Primary Contact Phone Number: 301-827-7314

Link: https://www.cc.nih.gov/

University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA
Address: 22 S Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Primary Contact: Paul Luethy
Primary Contact Email: pluethy@som.umaryland.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 410-328-3789
Link: https://www.testmenu.com/ummc

Massachusetts

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA
Address: 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Primary Contact: Stefan Riedel
Primary Contact Email: N/A
Primary Contact Phone Number: 617-667-3648
Link: https://www.bidmc.org/research/research-by-department/pathology/laboratories

Minnesota

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Rochester, USA
Address: 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905
Primary Contact: Nancy Wengenack
Primary Contact Email: N/A
Primary Contact Phone Number: Company: 507-284-2511
Link: https://www.mayocliniclabs.com/specimen/

New Hampshire

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, USA
Address: 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756
Primary Contact: Isabella Martin
Primary Contact Email: Isabella.W.Martin@hitchcock.org
Primary Contact Phone Number: Company: 603-650-5604
Link: https://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/laboratory-services

New Mexico

TriCore Lab, Albuquerque, USA
Address: 1001 Woodward Pl NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Primary Contact: John Fissel
Primary Contact Email: N/A
Primary Contact Phone Number: 505-938-8562
Link: https://www.tricore.org/providers-hospitals/laboratory-testing/

New York

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, USA
Address: 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065
Primary Contact: Esther Babady
Primary Contact Email: N/A
Primary Contact Phone Number: 646-608-1381
Link: https://www.mskcc.org/research-areas/labs

New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, USA
Address: 525 E 68th St, New York, NY 10065
Primary Contact: Lars Westblade
Primary Contact Email: law9067@med.cornell.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 212-746-2040
Link: https://www.nyp.org/locations/newyork-presbyterian-weill-cornell-medical-center

Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA
Address: 120 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208
Primary Contact: Sudha Chaturvedi
Primary Contact Email: sudha.chaturvedi@health.ny.gov
Primary Contact Phone Number: 518-474-7563
Link: https://www.wadsworth.org/programs/id/lrn

North Carolina

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
Address: 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710
Primary Contact: Barbara Alexander
Primary Contact Email: alexa011@mc.duke.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 919-668-0789
Link: https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-university-medical-center

ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, USA
Address: 2100 Stantonsburg Rd, Greenville, NC 27834
Primary Contact: John Markantonis
Primary Contact Email: markantonisj22@ecu.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 252-744-4940
Link: https://locations.ecuhealth.org/Details/163

Wake Forest Medical Center, Winston-Salem, USA
Address: 1 Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Primary Contact: Elizabeth Palavecino
Primary Contact Email: epalave@wakehealth.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 336-716-2638
Link: https://www.wakehealth.edu/

Ohio

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
Address: 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195
Primary Contact: Anisha Misra
Primary Contact Email: misraa2@ccf.org
Primary Contact Phone Number: 216-445-3655
Link: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/pathology/depts/laboratory-medicine

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, USA
Address: 410 W 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210
Primary Contact: Joan-Miquel Balada
Primary Contact Email: Joan.Balada@osumc.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 614 257-2785
Link: https://pathology.osu.edu/divisions/Clinical/molpath/tests.html

Case Western Reserve (for dermatophytes), Cleveland, USA
Address: 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7001
Primary Contact: Mahmoud Ghannoum
Primary Contact Email: mahmoud.ghannoum@case.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 216-844-8456
Link: https://case.edu/medicine/dermatology/research/center-medical-mycology

Ontario

London Health Sciences Centre, Vitorial Hospital, London, Canada
Address: 800 Commissioners Rd E, London, ON N6A 5W9
Primary Contact: Jeff Fuller
Primary Contact Email: jeffrey.fuller@lhsc.on.ca
Primary Contact Phone Number: 519-685-8213
Link: https://www.lhsc.on.ca/pathology-and-laboratory-medicine

Public Health Ontario Laboratory, Toronto, Canada
Address: 661 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1M1, Canada
Primary Contact: Julianne Kus
Primary Contact Email: Julianne.Kus@oahpp.ca
Primary Contact Phone Number: N/A
Link: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Laboratory-Services/About-Laboratory-Services

Shared Hospital Laboratory / Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Toronto, Canada
Address: 3050 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, ON M1P 2V5
Primary Contact: Xena Li
Primary Contact Email: Director: lisa.merkley@sunnybrook.ca
Primary Contact Phone Number: 416-756-6130
Link: https://sunnybrook.ca/content/?page=dept-labs-home

Pennsylvania

Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, USA
Address: 3401 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140
Primary Contact: Kaede Sullivan
Primary Contact Email: N/A
Primary Contact Phone Number: 800-836-7536
Link: https://www.templehealth.org/

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA
Address: 600 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Primary Contact: Minh Hong Nguyen
Primary Contact Email: mhn5@pitt.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 412-647-0996
Link: https://www.upmc.com/services/pathology/locations/central-pa

Quebec

Laboratoire de sante publique du Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Address: 945 Av. Wolfe, Québec, QC G1V 5B3, Canada
Primary Contact: Philippe Dufresne
Primary Contact Email: Philippe.dufresne@inspq.qc.ca
Primary Contact Phone Number: N/A
Link: https://www.inspq.qc.ca/en/laboratories-testing-services

Tennessee

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, USA
Address: 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105
Primary Contact: Heather Glasgow
Primary Contact Email: heather.glasgow@stjude.org
Primary Contact Phone Number: N/A
Link: https://www.stjude.org/research/labs.html

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA
Address: 2525 West End Ave Suite 9200, Nashville, TN 37203-1775
Primary Contact: Lili Tao
Primary Contact Email: lili.tao@vumc.org
Primary Contact Phone Number: N/A
Link: https://www.vumc.org/vanderbilt-medical-labs/home

Texas

Fungus Testing Laboratory, San Antonio, USA
Address: 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229
Primary Contact: Nathan Wiederhold
Primary Contact Email: Company: FTL@uthscsa.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 210-567-4086
Link: https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/pathology/reference-labs/fungus-testing-laboratory/

University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, USA
Address: 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390
Primary Contact: Francesca Lee
Primary Contact Email: Francesca.Lee@UTSouthwestern.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: 214-645-2800
Link: https://labs.utsouthwestern.edu/

Utah

ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, USA
Address: 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Primary Contact: Kimberly Hanson
Primary Contact Email: kim.hanson@hsc.utah.edu
Primary Contact Phone Number: Company: 800-242-2787
Link: https://www.aruplab.com/

Virginia

Center for Innovative Therapeutics and Diagnostics (CITD), Richmond Hill, USA
Address: 8751 Park Central Dr, Richmond, VA 23227
Primary Contact: Thomas Walsh
Primary Contact Email: thomaswalshmd@gmail.com
Primary Contact Phone Number: 240-701-1746
Link: https://citdx.org/

National Lab Groups

LabCorp, Various locations
Address: Varies by test type
Primary Contact: N/A
Primary Contact Email: N/A
Primary Contact Phone Number: Company: 866-762-6209
Link: https://www.labcorp.com/tests/182337/dermatophyte-culture

Quest Diagnostics, Various locations
Address: Varies by test type
Primary Contact: Kamran Azad
Primary Contact Email: Kamran.n.azad@questdiagnostics.com
Primary Contact Phone Number: 800-642-4657
Primary Contact Phone Number: Company: 866-697-8378
Link: https://testdirectory.questdiagnostics.com/test/home

Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network (ARLN), Various locations
Address: Varies by test type
Primary Contact: N/A
Primary Contact Email: Company: ARLN@cdc.gov
Primary Contact Phone Number: N/A
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/antimicrobial-resistance-laboratory-networks/php/about/domestic.html