Scientific Lead: Dr Lewis White
Clinical Lead: Dr Matt Backx
Routine service
- Clinical advice and interpretation service
- Dermatology sample processing
- Phenotypic testing
- Dermatophyte ID
- Moulds ID
- Yeast ID & sensitivity
- Serology
- Candida antibodies (antimannan)
- Aspergillus IgG antibody
- beta-D-Glucan testing
- Aspergillus antigen (galactomannan)
- Cryptococcus antigen
- Molecular testing
- Aspergillus
- A. fumigatus resistance
- Pneumocystis jiroveci
- Candida
Investigational Assays
- Fungal PCR on Tissue
- SNP Analysis. SNPs in the genes for Dectin 1 and Dendritic Cell-Specific Intercellular adhesion molecule-3-Grabbing Non-integrin (DC-SIGN) can pre-dispose patients to invasive aspergillosis.
MRRU is currently taking a lead role in the revision of the international (European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) – Mycoses Study Group (MSG)) consensus definitions for the diagnosis of IFD
MRRU leads, contributes and participates in international and national QA schemes for molecular and has a lead in the international efforts to standardise fungal PCR technology.