DEANNA A. SUTTON, Ph.D., M.T.,
S.M.(A.S.C.P.), R.M., S.M. (N.R.M.)
Assistant Professor
Administrative Director, Fungus Testing Laboratory
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Fungus Testing Laboratory
Department of Pathology – Mail Code 7750
The University of Texas Health Science Center
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900 |
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| EDUCATION: |
| 1964 | BS, Medical Technology. University of Oregon Health Science Center, Portland |
| 1999 | MS, Health Care Management. California Coast University, Santa Ana |
| 2001 | Ph.D., Management. California Coast University, Santa Ana |
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
1. American Society for Microbiology, Division F, Medical Mycology
2. Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology
3. International Society for Human and Animal Mycology
4. Medical Mycological Society of the Americas
5. South Texas Association of Microbiology Professionals
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES/CLINICAL EXPERTISE:
The research interests of the Fungus Testing Laboratory
encompass two broad arms. The first area of interest includes the evaluation of
antifungal agents. These activities include both the in vitro susceptibility
testing of a wide range of clinically-significant fungi against approved,
investigational, orphan, and potential antifungal drugs/compounds, as well as
the development of and providing assays for antifungal drugs in body fluids of
patients receiving antifungal therapy. The Fungus Testing Laboratory is a
national reference site for the testing of antifungal agents, and is an
appointed site location for the Subcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility
Testing of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standard (NCCLS). A
component of our involvement with antifungal agents also includes the design of
and participation in various clinical trials relative to either the
investigational compounds, or studies regarding new indications for approved
agents. The second arm of our research involves being actively engaged in
promoting accurate taxonomy, nomenclature, and classification of pathogenic
fungi. As a repository for clinical isolates from across the nation and abroad,
we constantly monitor the appearance of new etiologic agents, provide reports of
these findings via abstracts/manuscripts, and update clinical laboratories
regarding these new agents through several invited teaching workshops.
The Fungus Testing Laboratory serves as an international
reference laboratory for the identification of fungal isolates to the species
level, provides in vitro susceptibility testing of both yeasts and moulds,
including dimorphic pathogens, and determines antifungal drug levels in body
fluids by bioassay, HPLC, and GLC methodologies. Additionally, we serve as a
cite laboratory for clinical trials of various approved/investigational
antifungal agents.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Revankar, S.G., J.E. Patterson, D.A. Sutton, R. Pullen, and M.G.
Rinaldi. 2002. Disseminated phaeohyphomycosis; review of an emerging mycosis.
Clin. Infect. Dis. 34:467-476.
2. Sutton, D.A. 2002. Cylindrocarpon lichenicola, a Fusarium look-alike:
Its ecology, identification, and etiologic potential. Microbiology Tech Sample.
Amer. Soc. Clin. Pathol. No.: MB-6 (2002).
3. Korzets, A., M. Weinberger, A. Chagnac, A. Goldschmied-Reouven, M.G.
Rinaldi, and D.A. Sutton. 2001. Peritonitis due to Thermoascus taitungiacus (anamorph
Paecilomyces taitungiacus). J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:720-724.
4. Koneman, E., D.A. Sutton, A.W. Fothergill, M.G. Rinaldi, T. Sun, and
S.F. Straus. 2001. CR ROM, LWW’s Organism Central, Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, Hagerstrown, MD.
5. Gonzales, G.M., D.A. Sutton, E. Thompson, R. Rigerina, and M.G.
Rinaldi. 2001. In vitro activity of approved and investigational antifungal
agents against 44 clinical isolates of basidiomycetous fungi. Antimicrob. Agents
Chemother. 45:633-635.
6. Chin-Hong, P.V., D.A. Sutton, M. Roemer, M.A. Jacobson, and J.A. Aberg.
2001. Invasive fungal sinusitis and meningitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in a
patient with AIDS. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:804-807.
7. Al-Mohsen, I.Z., D.A. Sutton, L. Sigler, E. Almodovar, N. Mahgoug, H.
Frayha, S. Al-Hajjar, M.G. Rinaldi, and T.J. Walsh. 2000. Acrophialophora
fusispora brain abscess in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Case
history, clinical course, and literature review. J. Clin. Microbiol.
38:4569-4576.
8. Sutton, D.A., S.E. Sanche, S.G. Revankar, A.W. Fothergill, and M.G.
Rinaldi. 1999. In vitro amphotericin B resistance in clinical isolates of
Aspergillus terreus, with a head to head comparison to voriconazole. J. Clin.
Microbiol. 37:2343-2345.
9. Sutton, D.A. 1999. Coelomycetous fungi in human disease. A review:
clinical entities, pathogenesis, identification, and therapy. Rev. Iberoam.
Mycol. 16:171-179.
10. Sutton, D.A., A.W. Fothergill, and M.G. Rinaldi. 1998. Guide to
Clinically Significant Fungi. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD.
Updated: 4/5/02