Mycological testing of clinical samples in Australasian pathology laboratories: wide diversity and room for improvement

Affiliations

• ¹ Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs (RCPAQAP), St Leonards, NSW, Australia; Member of Australian and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG), Laboratory Methods sub-group, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Member of Australian and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG), Laboratory Methods sub-group, Australia; Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
• ³ Member of Australian and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG), Laboratory Methods sub-group, Australia; National Mycology Reference Centre, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
• ⁴ Member of Australian and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG), Laboratory Methods sub-group, Australia; Clinical Mycology Reference Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR - Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
• ⁵ Member of Australian and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG), Laboratory Methods sub-group, Australia; Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School-Westmead Hospital, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
• ⁶ Member of Australian and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (ANZMIG), Laboratory Methods sub-group, Australia; Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Taringa, Qld, Australia.
• ⁷ Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs (RCPAQAP), St Leonards, NSW, Australia.