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 The Fungus Testing Laboratory was established in the Department of Pathology in 1985, and serves as an international reference laboratory for clinical mycology. 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. Additionally, the laboratory is the recipient of an NIH contract to evaluate the antifungal activity of orphan antifungal agents. Most recently, the FTL serves as the reference site for the National Epidemiologic of Mycosis Incidence Survey.
The FTL also serves as a training site for visiting scholars from within the USA and abroad. Recently instituted is the new UTHSCSA/Pfizer , Inc. Fellowship in Clinical Mycology and the Merck Fellowship in Clinical Mycology. The goal of these two-year post-doctoral fellowships is to train and develop future leaders in clinical mycology. 		 
 
The Fungus Testing Laboratory
Department of Pathology, Room 329E.  Mail Code 7750
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
Phone: (210) 567-4131
Fax: (210) 567-4076
 
  DIRECTORS
 
Laboratory Director:
Michael G. Rinaldi, Ph.D

Administrative Director:
Deanna A. Sutton, Ph.D, SM, MT(ASCP), SM, RM(NRM)

Technical Director:
Annette W. Fothergill, MA, MBA, MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA)
 
 
 
  
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