Prof Malcolm Richardson
@nostalgicmal.bsky.social
Fungi here, fungi there, fungi everywhere. Medical Mycologist, University of Manchester, UK
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Dr Riina Richardson has been elected President of the British Society for Medical Mycology. @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
“This is an incredible opportunity to collaborate with colleagues, advocate for our field, unite researchers... and raise public awareness.”
Well done, Riina!
“This is an incredible opportunity to collaborate with colleagues, advocate for our field, unite researchers... and raise public awareness.”
Well done, Riina!
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Dr Riina Richardson has been elected President of the British Society for Medical Mycology. @fbmh-uom.bsky.social
“This is an incredible opportunity to collaborate with colleagues, advocate for our field, unite researchers... and raise public awareness.”
Well done, Riina!
“This is an incredible opportunity to collaborate with colleagues, advocate for our field, unite researchers... and raise public awareness.”
Well done, Riina!
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#Medsky🧪#IDsky #Microsky #publichealth @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social British Society for Medical #Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#Medsky🧪#IDsky #Microsky #publichealth @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social British Society for Medical #Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update
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🆕British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
🆕British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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New Review
British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update
The fungal diagnostic landscape is evolving; whereas previously, traditional culture-based
methods dominated, most invasive fungal disease is now diagnosed with non-culture-based
tests, including dire...
www.thelancet.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
New Review
British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Updated best practice guidelines for the diagnosis of serious fungal disease from the British Society for Medical Mycology now available:
fhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S147330992500550X
fhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S147330992500550X
British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update
The fungal diagnostic landscape is evolving; whereas previously, traditional culture-based methods dominated, most invasive fungal disease is now diag…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Updated best practice guidelines for the diagnosis of serious fungal disease from the British Society for Medical Mycology now available:
fhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S147330992500550X
fhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S147330992500550X
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Abstracts, Clinical Conundrums and FungArt for the Fungal Update conference in London (March 2026) are all now open for submission: mycologyconference.co.uk/abstracts/
Abstracts – Fungal Update: Mycology Conference
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September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Abstracts, Clinical Conundrums and FungArt for the Fungal Update conference in London (March 2026) are all now open for submission: mycologyconference.co.uk/abstracts/
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Another great British Society for Medical Mycology meeting👌 Thanks to all @forestcita.bsky.social Stefan Bidula Isabelle Storer Georgie Middleton for organising
Saying goodbye as my role as Early Career Representative🙋♂️but saying Hello as my new elected role as Treasurer Elect 💷
Saying goodbye as my role as Early Career Representative🙋♂️but saying Hello as my new elected role as Treasurer Elect 💷
September 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Another great British Society for Medical Mycology meeting👌 Thanks to all @forestcita.bsky.social Stefan Bidula Isabelle Storer Georgie Middleton for organising
Saying goodbye as my role as Early Career Representative🙋♂️but saying Hello as my new elected role as Treasurer Elect 💷
Saying goodbye as my role as Early Career Representative🙋♂️but saying Hello as my new elected role as Treasurer Elect 💷
Reposted by Prof Malcolm Richardson
NEW EPISODE!
This week Callum takes the boldest step yet in improving the podcast: getting rid of Jame!
Join Callum & Alyssa this week as they Migrate the Marvellous Mountains of Minutiae on Moulds, (di)Morphs, Many yeasts and Mycology in general!
#IDsky
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This week Callum takes the boldest step yet in improving the podcast: getting rid of Jame!
Join Callum & Alyssa this week as they Migrate the Marvellous Mountains of Minutiae on Moulds, (di)Morphs, Many yeasts and Mycology in general!
#IDsky
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
March 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NEW EPISODE!
This week Callum takes the boldest step yet in improving the podcast: getting rid of Jame!
Join Callum & Alyssa this week as they Migrate the Marvellous Mountains of Minutiae on Moulds, (di)Morphs, Many yeasts and Mycology in general!
#IDsky
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
This week Callum takes the boldest step yet in improving the podcast: getting rid of Jame!
Join Callum & Alyssa this week as they Migrate the Marvellous Mountains of Minutiae on Moulds, (di)Morphs, Many yeasts and Mycology in general!
#IDsky
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
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Your wish is our command!
In this week’s episode, Alyssa & Callum discuss the essentials of fungal diagnostics with Professor Malcolm Richardson.
Half of them anyway. It’s a 2-parter. See you next week!
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#IDSky #microsky
In this week’s episode, Alyssa & Callum discuss the essentials of fungal diagnostics with Professor Malcolm Richardson.
Half of them anyway. It’s a 2-parter. See you next week!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDSky #microsky
April 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Your wish is our command!
In this week’s episode, Alyssa & Callum discuss the essentials of fungal diagnostics with Professor Malcolm Richardson.
Half of them anyway. It’s a 2-parter. See you next week!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDSky #microsky
In this week’s episode, Alyssa & Callum discuss the essentials of fungal diagnostics with Professor Malcolm Richardson.
Half of them anyway. It’s a 2-parter. See you next week!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDSky #microsky
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IT’S CANDIDA MONTH!!!*
Today Callum & Alyssa discuss the Candida genus (or is it 17 Genuses/Genii/whatever), from epidemiology to treatment.
Superficial this week, invasive next week!
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*On our podcast, nowhere else
#IDSky #microsky #fungi
Today Callum & Alyssa discuss the Candida genus (or is it 17 Genuses/Genii/whatever), from epidemiology to treatment.
Superficial this week, invasive next week!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
*On our podcast, nowhere else
#IDSky #microsky #fungi
108. The yeasts: Candida part 1, overview and superficial candidiasis
Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 12/05/2025 · 45m
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May 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
IT’S CANDIDA MONTH!!!*
Today Callum & Alyssa discuss the Candida genus (or is it 17 Genuses/Genii/whatever), from epidemiology to treatment.
Superficial this week, invasive next week!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
*On our podcast, nowhere else
#IDSky #microsky #fungi
Today Callum & Alyssa discuss the Candida genus (or is it 17 Genuses/Genii/whatever), from epidemiology to treatment.
Superficial this week, invasive next week!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
*On our podcast, nowhere else
#IDSky #microsky #fungi
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Callum and Alyssa are BACK! With. Candida-do attitude, they round off our Candida mini series by discussing C.auris, and Candida resistance mechanisms.
Wear clean underwear.
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#IDSky #microsky #yeasts #theYeastyBoys #breakingthemould
Wear clean underwear.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDSky #microsky #yeasts #theYeastyBoys #breakingthemould
110. The yeasts: Candida part 3, C. auris and Candida resistance
Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 26/05/2025 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
May 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Callum and Alyssa are BACK! With. Candida-do attitude, they round off our Candida mini series by discussing C.auris, and Candida resistance mechanisms.
Wear clean underwear.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDSky #microsky #yeasts #theYeastyBoys #breakingthemould
Wear clean underwear.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDSky #microsky #yeasts #theYeastyBoys #breakingthemould
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THE YEASTY BOYZ* ARE BACK!
Callum and Alyssa wrap up the yeasts by discussing the rare ones:
Malassezia!
Rhodotorula!
Trichosporon!
Saccharomyces!
CRAP PUNS GALORE!
THIS POD HAS IT ALL!!
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#IDsky #microsky #yeast #fungi
*Girlz can be Boyz too
Callum and Alyssa wrap up the yeasts by discussing the rare ones:
Malassezia!
Rhodotorula!
Trichosporon!
Saccharomyces!
CRAP PUNS GALORE!
THIS POD HAS IT ALL!!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDsky #microsky #yeast #fungi
*Girlz can be Boyz too
116 The yeasts: Malassezia, Rhodotorula, Trichosporon, Saccharomyces
Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 04/08/2025 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
THE YEASTY BOYZ* ARE BACK!
Callum and Alyssa wrap up the yeasts by discussing the rare ones:
Malassezia!
Rhodotorula!
Trichosporon!
Saccharomyces!
CRAP PUNS GALORE!
THIS POD HAS IT ALL!!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDsky #microsky #yeast #fungi
*Girlz can be Boyz too
Callum and Alyssa wrap up the yeasts by discussing the rare ones:
Malassezia!
Rhodotorula!
Trichosporon!
Saccharomyces!
CRAP PUNS GALORE!
THIS POD HAS IT ALL!!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
#IDsky #microsky #yeast #fungi
*Girlz can be Boyz too
Registration is still open. Interested in medical mycology? Come and join us. All info about our society and our meeting on the BSMM website: bsmm.org
Good news!! Registrations and abstracts submissions are still open for our annual meeting. Deadline extended to the 13th of June!! Come and join us in #BSMM2025 #Norwich2025 bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bs...
BSMM 2025 – BSMM
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July 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Registration is still open. Interested in medical mycology? Come and join us. All info about our society and our meeting on the BSMM website: bsmm.org
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🌍 Fungal Care Gaps: Brazil vs. Europe 🇧🇷➡️🇪🇺
Fungal infections are a global challenge with uneven access to diagnostic and treatment. Europe has more labs, better tests, and antifungal access, while Brazil faces greater threats from Cryptococcus and Histoplasma.
journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....
Fungal infections are a global challenge with uneven access to diagnostic and treatment. Europe has more labs, better tests, and antifungal access, while Brazil faces greater threats from Cryptococcus and Histoplasma.
journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....
Elevating fungal care: bridging Brazil’s healthcare practices to global standards
journals.asm.org
March 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🌍 Fungal Care Gaps: Brazil vs. Europe 🇧🇷➡️🇪🇺
Fungal infections are a global challenge with uneven access to diagnostic and treatment. Europe has more labs, better tests, and antifungal access, while Brazil faces greater threats from Cryptococcus and Histoplasma.
journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....
Fungal infections are a global challenge with uneven access to diagnostic and treatment. Europe has more labs, better tests, and antifungal access, while Brazil faces greater threats from Cryptococcus and Histoplasma.
journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....
Congratulations!
BSAC is pleased to announce that Professor Monica Slavin has been appointed as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of BSAC’s flagship journal, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC).
Monica Slavin appointed Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
bsac.org.uk
March 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Congratulations!
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New guidelines for diagnosis and management of candidiasis from ECMM in cooperation with @ishamycology.bsky.social and @asm.org
Led by @olivercornely.bsky.social & @rosannesprute.bsky.social with contributions from >100 experts
Reposting with algorithms
🔓🔗: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Led by @olivercornely.bsky.social & @rosannesprute.bsky.social with contributions from >100 experts
Reposting with algorithms
🔓🔗: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
February 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New guidelines for diagnosis and management of candidiasis from ECMM in cooperation with @ishamycology.bsky.social and @asm.org
Led by @olivercornely.bsky.social & @rosannesprute.bsky.social with contributions from >100 experts
Reposting with algorithms
🔓🔗: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Led by @olivercornely.bsky.social & @rosannesprute.bsky.social with contributions from >100 experts
Reposting with algorithms
🔓🔗: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Reposted by Prof Malcolm Richardson
Much needed; many thanks to the authors for putting these guidelines together!
🌍 New Global Guideline for #Candida Infections 🌍
Team led by @rosannesprute.bsky.social and myself @unicologne.bsky.social: 100+ experts, 35 countries, all UN regions release evidence-based recommendations
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #FungalInfections #Healthcare
Team led by @rosannesprute.bsky.social and myself @unicologne.bsky.social: 100+ experts, 35 countries, all UN regions release evidence-based recommendations
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #FungalInfections #Healthcare
Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM
Candida species are the predominant cause of fungal infections in patients treated
in hospital, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. Candidaemia and
other forms of invasive candidias...
www.thelancet.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Much needed; many thanks to the authors for putting these guidelines together!
Reposted by Prof Malcolm Richardson
New Candida guidelines, a most waited one, a tour de force from a global effort led by @olivercornely.bsky.social and @rosannesprute.bsky.social Proud to have contributed to it and be witness of this effort @mrccmm.bsky.social 🔥 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM
Candida species are the predominant cause of fungal infections in patients treated
in hospital, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. Candidaemia and
other forms of invasive candidias...
www.thelancet.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New Candida guidelines, a most waited one, a tour de force from a global effort led by @olivercornely.bsky.social and @rosannesprute.bsky.social Proud to have contributed to it and be witness of this effort @mrccmm.bsky.social 🔥 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Prof Malcolm Richardson
🌍 New Global Guideline for #Candida Infections 🌍
Team led by @rosannesprute.bsky.social and myself @unicologne.bsky.social: 100+ experts, 35 countries, all UN regions release evidence-based recommendations
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #FungalInfections #Healthcare
Team led by @rosannesprute.bsky.social and myself @unicologne.bsky.social: 100+ experts, 35 countries, all UN regions release evidence-based recommendations
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #FungalInfections #Healthcare
Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM
Candida species are the predominant cause of fungal infections in patients treated
in hospital, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. Candidaemia and
other forms of invasive candidias...
www.thelancet.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🌍 New Global Guideline for #Candida Infections 🌍
Team led by @rosannesprute.bsky.social and myself @unicologne.bsky.social: 100+ experts, 35 countries, all UN regions release evidence-based recommendations
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #FungalInfections #Healthcare
Team led by @rosannesprute.bsky.social and myself @unicologne.bsky.social: 100+ experts, 35 countries, all UN regions release evidence-based recommendations
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #FungalInfections #Healthcare
Reposted by Prof Malcolm Richardson
New online! Fungal biofilms in human health and disease
Fungal biofilms in human health and disease
Nature Reviews Microbiology, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41579-025-01147-0Fungal biofilms encompass a wide range of diseases with increasing clinical impact. In this Review, Ramage et al. discuss the clinical importance of fungal…
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February 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New online! Fungal biofilms in human health and disease