Dr Sarah Kidd

THINK FUNGUS!

Think ASID Mycology Masterclass!

A big thank you to the faculty who have given up their time and shared their knowledge with all of us.

An even bigger thanks to our Convenor Sarah Kidd for the hard work and dedication to put the program together. Congratulations!

Bridal veil mushrooms

I think these are Bridal veil mushrooms, a type of stinkhorn. Found under a palm tree in far north Queensland

Live: Jury finds Erin Patterson guilty of three counts of murder The jury in Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial has found her guilty of murdering three relatives by deliberately lacing a beef Wellington lunch with death cap mushrooms. Follow live.

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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

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Yeast forms of Sporothrix davidellisii

I mean, look at these gorgeous yeast forms!

Sporothrix davidellisii : A new pathogenic species belonging to the Sporothrix pallida complex Abstract. Sporothrix species (Ascomycota, Ophiostomatales) are dimorphic fungi with diverse ecological niches, ranging from mammalian, plant, and insect pa

A new 'second tier pathogenic' species within the Sporothrix pallida complex, isolated from an Australian cat. Sporothrix davidellisii, named for Australia's finest mycologist. Such a pleasure to work with @fhagen.bsky.social @amrodrigues85.bsky.social and others on this.

doi.org/10.1093/mmy/...

Mycology Masterclass

🚨Mycology Masterclass XI
registration is now open. Places are limited.

www.adelaide.edu.au/mycology/nod...

@asidaud.bsky.social

Mycology Masterclass

Pssst! Mycology Masterclass enthusiasts!
Details are on the website and registration opens April 7th. Places will fill up quickly.
www.adelaide.edu.au/mycology/nod...

Cracks in the Curriculum: The Hidden Deficiencies in Fungal Disease Coverage in Medical Books Abstract. Textbooks remain a primary source of reference and education for many health care professionals and students. This study assessed the mycology co

Cracks in the Curriculum: The Hidden Deficiencies in Fungal Disease Coverage in Medical Books

Isabela Rost / Alessandro Pasqualotto and colleagues

academic.oup.com/ofid/article...

CDC plans to study autism, vaccines Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them. By LENA H. SUN and LAUREN WEBER • The Washington Post

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

Mycology Masterclass

Pssst! Mycology Masterclass enthusiasts!
Details are on the website and registration opens April 7th. Places will fill up quickly.
www.adelaide.edu.au/mycology/nod...

Image of a scientific conference poster on this use of poster to promote health messaging

Bipolaris mourns spicifera is transformed Curvularia

Cool poster by Chin-Yen Yeo and Tom Gottlieb on the use of poetry as a health promotion strategy at #Antimicrobials2025 #ASA2025. I wondered if my recently published mycology haiku fit the bill?
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A screenshot from an Amazon targeted marketing email, where they recommend I buy the book that I wrote.

Amazon thinks it knows what I want

#Antimicrobials2025 day 2

@thefunguskidd.bsky.social updating us on dermatophytes. T. indotineae as an emerging multiresistant pathogen. And TMVII as an STI?

Inappropriate and unregulated use of combination topical products containing antifungals, steroids and sub-therapeutic doses of antibiotics has resulted in spread of resistant strains of dermatophytes across Indian subcontinent - Dr Sarah Kidd #Antimicrobials2025 #AntifungalResistance #AMR

Dermatophyte PCRs increasingly used for diagnosis of dermatophyte infections - Sarah Kidd #Antimicrobials2025 #ASA2025 #dermatophyte

Another name change for Candida auris - “Candidozyma” belonging to the family “Metschnikowia” 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 #antimicrobials2025 #ASA

@erinmccreary.bsky.social presenting on the new antifungal pipeline with novel patient experiences with them
#antimicrobials2025 #IDsky #AMSsky #antifungals #mycology

SYMPOSIUM 3: #MYCOLOGY
#Antimicrobials2025
🦠Sharon Chen - #Candida auris - detection, #epidemiology and #IPC challenges
🦠 Sarah E. Kidd - Emerging #dermatophytes
🦠 @erinmccreary.bsky.social - Optimisation of new #antifungals in the immunocompromised patient

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Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, the administration continues to charge ahead, running roughshod over norms, laws, and the dignity of and most basic protections for the people most vulnerable to infections. Many of the changes are summarized here, up to date as of Feb 4. Who will speak up, or better still, ACT UP for these individuals? The National Science Foundation has reportedly shared with program officers a list of forbidden "DEI"-related words that will result in grants being flagged. These include routinely used terms like "female", "biased", "systemic", "inclusion" and "exclusion" along with other words that specifically target vulnerable populations. While few clinical researchers rely on NSF grants, it can be reasonably expected that similar censorship with grants from NIH, CDC, etc is inevitable. USAID funding remains frozen, and in fact there are reports of efforts underway to eliminate the entire agency. The effects have already been devastating for programs dedicated to controlling TB, malaria, and HIV, among others. Despite claims that these would be exempt, distribution of antiretrovirals remains frozen. The Senate Finance committee advanced RFK Jr for confirmation as HHS Secretary. Kennedy's disdain for evidence-based medicine is no secret. He is a conspiracy theorist who engages in dangerous race-based pseudoscience. The IDSA has fallen short of other professional societies (e.g. the American Public Health Association, which represents 25,000 public health professionals) in calling for the outright rejection of RFK Jr's nomination. The CDC and NIH remain muzzled, unable to communicate with interstate or international agencies or the public. They have been instructed to recall submitted or accepted manuscripts to scrub objectionable language. They remain barred from traveling until at least the end of April. How will these actions affect our ability to detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks?

Meanwhile, our members are experiencing significant moral injury, and some have expressed levels of morale that rival the nadirs felt during the worst of COVID19. Every day it is a new insult, the cumulative effect being the disassembly of public health protections and further marginalization of the most vulnerable in society. Reticence to call attention to ourselves, potentially putting our work in the administration's cross hairs, is entirely understandable. After all, we don't want to imperil existing and ongoing advocacy efforts, including those related to bolstering the ID workforce. A sober analysis would concede that the likelihood of any potential actions moving the needle on any of these issues is low. I would argue, however, that standing up for what is right is the most important thing we can do to reinforce our commitment to social justice and to our members and the patients in our care. What we can do and how we can do it is up for debate; some bold ideas have already been presented in the IDea exchange forum and I welcome further input from colleagues. What is certain is that as rank-and-file individuals, our voices can easily be dismissed, but as a trusted, bipartisan professional organization that represents >13,000 infectious diseases experts, we cannot be ignored, and we must not allow ourselves to cower in silence. The reality is that things are going to get worse, and standing up to the assault on public health will only get more difficult as the administration becomes further emboldened and the actions set in motion gather steam. In the words of John Lewis, "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"

I am deeply disappointed by the subdued response of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (@idsainfo.bsky.social) to the dismantling of public health structures, both in the US & globally

Here's what I wrote in the closed listserv (response: 🦗) in hopes of stimulating discussion here #IDSky

Thread of scientists drinking their feelings.

Model of Saksenaea fungus

Model of Saksenaea fungus resting on book opened to page about Saksenaea

How cute is this little guy? Saksenaea vasiformis, made by @microbecharmer.bsky.social

Microscopic image of an unusual looking Aspergillus isolate.

When Aspergillus goes a bit bonkers. It’s giving me Medusa vibes.

A microscopic image of a fungus with conidia resembling croissants

Croissants!

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

Coles drops Burger Sauce hit cross buns, brings in Wagon Wheels flavour in its place

Good grief!

Endobronchial growth of mold and corresponding CT chest showing (among other things) left lower lobe consolidation and multi lobar ground glass

Bronchoscopic examination of an invasive aspergillosis in acute myeloid leukemia

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Oh sorry thought you were talking about the Vegemite more then the buns. But here in Aus, our dates are DD/MM/YY, so it expires today, not November.