Richard Summerbell, PhD
Dr. Richard Summerbell is teh Research Director of Sporometrics and one of the world’s foremost experts on fungi affecting human and environmental health. He is also an Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He is the author of over 180 peer-reviewed scientific papers on fungi and bacteria, and co-authored two popular laboratory manuals, “Identifying Filamentous Fungi” and “Laboratory Handbook of Dermatophytes”. Dr. Summerbell is currently an Associate Professor of Occupational & Environmental Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (University of Toronto), and Research Director at Sporometrics Inc. Prior to joining Sporometrics, Dr. Summerbell spend a decade as the Chief of Medical Mycology at the Ontario Ministry of Health Central Public Health Lab in Toronto, followed by 6 years as a Senior Scientist and Group Leader at the Westerdijk Institute (formerly Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures) in Utrecht, The Netherlands, which it the world premier mycological institute and a branch of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.
Selected publications
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- Scott JA, Summerbell RC. 2027. Fungal agents. In: Wooley DP, Byers KB (eds). Biological Safety: Principles and Practices, 6th ed. Washington DC, USA: ASM Press. (in press)
- Gupta AK, Wang T, Cooper EA, Summerbell RC, Piguet V, Tosti A, Piraccini BM. A comprehensive review of nondermatophyte mould onychomycosis: Epidemiology, diagnosis and management. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.1111/jdv.19644
- Beliavsky A, Krajden S, Aziz Z, Scott JA, Summerbell RC. 2024. Cutaneous mucormycosis in the immunocompromised host: An important cause of persistent post traumatic skin lesions. Medical Mycology Case Reports 42: 100607. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.100607
- Scott JA, Summerbell RC.2024. Review, Analysis, and Recommendations on Exposure Limits for Endotoxin in the Indoor Environment. Ottawa ON: Health Canada. 34 pp.
- Hagen F, Walther G, Houbraken J, Scott JA, Summerbell RC, Boekhout T. 2023. Molecular taxonomy (pp 31–60). In: Diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections, Hospenthal DR, Rinaldi MG, Walsh TJ (eds.) Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-35803-6_3
- Hou LW, Giraldo A, Groenewald JZ, Raemae T, Summerbell RC, Huang GZ, Cai L, Crous P W. Redisposition of acremonium-like fungi in Hypocreales. Stud Mycol 105: 23-203, 2023. doi: 10.3114/sim.2023.105.02
- Borman, AM, Summerbell, R.C. The Dermatophytes and Their Relatives (Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, Arthroderma, Nannizzia, Paraphyton, and Lophophyton). In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 13th ed. Edited by Carroll KC, Pfaller MA, Landry ML, McAdam A, Patel R, Richter SS, Warnock DW., 2023. doi: 10.1002/9781683670438.mcm0127
- Gupta AK, Venkataraman M, Hall DC, Cooper EA, Summerbell RC. The emergence of Trichophyton indotineae: Implications for clinical practice. Int J Dermatol. 2022 Jul 22. doi: 10.1111/ijd.16362 Online ahead of print.
- Crous PW, Sandoval-Denis M, Costa MM, Groenewald JZ, van Iperen AL, Starink-Willemse M, Hernández-Restrepo M, Kandemir H, Ulaszewski B, de Boer W, Abdel-Azeem AM, Abdollahzadeh J, Akulov A, Bakhshi M, Bezerra JDP, Bhunjun CS, Câmara MPS, Chaverri P, Vieira WAS, Decock CA, Gaya E, Gené J, Guarro J, Gramaje D, Grube M, Gupta VK, Guarnaccia V, Hill R, Hirooka Y, Hyde KD, Jayawardena RS, Jeewon R, Jurjević Ž, Korsten L, Lamprecht SC, Lombard L, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Polizzi G, Rajeshkumar KC, Salgado-Salazar C, Shang QJ, Shivas RG, Summerbell RC, Sun GY, Swart WJ, Tan YP, Vizzini A, Xia JW, Zare R, González CD, Iturriaga T, Savary O, Coton M, Coton E, Jany JL, Liu C, Zeng ZQ, Zhuang WY, Yu ZH, Thines M. Fusarium and allied fusarioid taxa (FUSA). 1. Fungal Syst Evol. 9:161-200, 2022. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2022.09.08
- Krajden S, Summerbell RC, Aswani D, Scott JA. 2022. Monkey finger mycology? First case of otomycosis externa caused by Trichophyton simii after encounter with a monkey. Medical Mycology Case Reports 37: 17–18. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.06.001
- Posso-De Los Rios CJ, Tadros E, Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2022. Terbinafine resistant Trichophyton indotineae isolated in patients with superficial dermatophyte infection in Canadian patients. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery 26: 371–376. doi: 10.1177/12034754221077891
- Gupta AK, Cooper EA, Summerbell RC, Nakrieko KA. Utility of polymerase chain reaction for assessment of onychomycosis during topical therapy. Int J Dermatol. 61:1385-1389, 2021. doi: 10.1111/ijd.16241
- Gupta AK, Venkataraman M, Renaud HJ, Summerbell R, Shear NH, Piguet VA. Paradigm shift in the treatment and management of onychomycosis. Skin Appendage Disorders. 7: 351-358, 2021. doi: 10.1159/000516112
- Arocha Rosete Y, To H, Evans M, White K, Saleh M, Trueman C, Van Dyk, D Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2021. Assessing the use of DNA detection platforms combined with passive wind-powered spore traps for early surveillance of potato and tomato late blight in Canada. Plant Disease 105: 3610–3622. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-20-2695-RE
- Crous PW, Lombard L, Sandoval-Denis M, Seifert KA, Schroers HJ, Chaverri P, Gené J, Guarro J, Hirooka Y, Bensch K, Kema GHJ, Lamprecht SC, Cai L, Rossman AY, Stadler M, Summerbell RC, Taylor JW, Ploch S, Visagie CM, Yilmaz N, Frisvad JC, Abdel-Azeem AM, Abdollahzadeh J, Abdolrasouli A, Akulov A, Alberts JF, Araújo JPM, Ariyawansa HA, Bakhshi M, Bendiksby M, Ben Hadj Amor A, Bezerra JDP, Boekhout T, Câmara MPS, Carbia M, Cardinali G, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Celis A, Chaturvedi V, Collemare J, Croll D, Damm U, Decock CA, de Vries RP, Ezekiel CN, Fan XL, Fernández NB, Gaya E, González CD, Gramaje D, Groenewald JZ, Grube M, Guevara-Suarez M, Gupta VK, Guarnaccia V, Haddaji A, Hagen F, Haelewaters D, Hansen K, Hashimoto A, Hernández-Restrepo M, Houbraken J, Hubka V, Hyde KD, Iturriaga T, Jeewon R, Johnston PR, Jurjević Ž, Karalti I, Korsten L, Kuramae EE, Kušan I, Labuda R, Lawrence DP, Lee HB, Lechat C, Li HY, Litovka YA, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Marin-Felix Y, Matio Kemkuignou B, Matočec N, McTaggart AR, Mlčoch P, Mugnai L, Nakashima C, Nilsson RH, Noumeur SR, Pavlov IN, Peralta MP, Phillips AJL, Pitt JI, Polizzi G, Quaedvlieg W, Rajeshkumar KC, Restrepo S, Rhaiem A, Robert J, Robert V, Rodrigues AM, Salgado-Salazar C, Samson RA, Santos ACS, Shivas RG, Souza-Motta CM, Sun GY, Swart WJ, Szoke S, Tan YP, Taylor JE, Taylor PWJ, Tiago PV, Váczy KZ, van de Wiele N, van der Merwe NA, Verkley GJM, Vieira WAS, Vizzini A, Weir BS, Wijayawardene NN, Xia JW, Yáñez-Morales MJ, Yurkov A, Zamora JC, Zare R, Zhang CL, Thines M. Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell. Stud. Mycol. 98:100116, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2021.100116
- Gupta AK, Summerbell RC, Venkataraman M, Quinlan EM. Nondermatophyte mould onychomycosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 35:1628-1641 2021, doi: 10.1111/jdv.17240
- Gupta AK, Venkataraman M, Renaud HJ, Summerbell R, Shear NH, Piguet V. The increasing problem of treatment-resistant fungal infections: a call for antifungal stewardship programs. Int J Dermatol. 60: E474-E479, 2021 doi: 10.1111/ijd.15495
- Braga A, Knaap W, Summerbell R. Examining growth rates of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis on decomposing porcine remains. Can Soc Forensic Sci J 2020; 53, 130-148. doi: 10.1080/00085030.2020.1803030
- Gupta AK, Taborda VBA, Taborda PRO, Shemer A, Summerbell RC, Nakrieko KA. High prevalence of mixed infections in global onychomycosis. PLoS One. 2020 Sep 29;15(9):e0239648. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239648
- Gupta AK, Stec N, Summerbell RC, Shear NH, Piguet V, Tosti A, Piraccini BM. Onychomycosis: a review. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Apr 1. doi: 10.1111/jdv.16394 Online ahead of print.
- Belkin A, Summerbell RC, Krajden S, Scott JA. 2020. The type isolate of a rare Phaeoacremonium species as a cause of human eumycetoma. Medical Mycology Case Reports 30: 5–7. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.08.002
- Austin E, Myron HS, Summerbell RC, Mackenzie C. Acute renal injury caused by confirmed Psilocybe cubensis mushroom ingestion. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2018; 23:55-57. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.12.007
- Spilchuck V, Scott JA, Summerbell RC, Benusic M, Kim JH, Shen C. 2019. Evidence Brief: Foraged Mushroom Consumption in Ontario. Public Health Ontario. 20 pp.
- Prenafeta Boldú F, de Hoog G, Summerbell R. 2019. Fungal Communities in Hydrocarbon Degradation. In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Series. Microbial Communities Utilizing Hydrocarbons and Lipids, edited by Terry J. McGenity. Springer Science. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-14785-3_8
- Summerbell, R.C. 1997. Non dermatophytic fungi causing onychomycosis and tinea. p. 213 259, Op. cit. (above). doi: 10.1201/9781351139724-17
- Gandhi B, Summerbell R, Mazzulli T. 2018. Evaluation of the Copan ESwab transport system for viability of pathogenic fungi by use of a modification of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document M40-A2. J Clin Microbiol. 24:56(2). pii: e01481-17. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01481-17
- Nilsson RH, Taylor AFS, Adams RI, Baschien C, Bengtsson-Palme J, Cangren P, Coleine C, Daniel H-M, Glassman SI, Hirooka Y, Irinyi L, Iršėnaitė R, Martin-Sanchez PM, Meyer W, Oh S-Y, Sampaio JP, Seifert KA, Sklenář F, Stubbe D, Suh SO, Summerbell R, Svantesson S, Unterseher M, Visagie CM, Weiss M, Woudenberg JH, Wurzbacher C, den Wyngaert SV, Yilmaz N, Yurkov A, Kõljalg U, Abarenkov K. Taxonomic annotation of public fungal ITS sequences from the built environment - a report from an April 10-11, 2017 workshop (Aberdeen, UK). MycoKeys. 2018 Jan 8;(28):65-82. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.28.20887.figure1
- Kane, J. and R.C. Summerbell. 1997. Dermatological mycology: examination of skin, hair, and nails. p. 33 44, Op. cit. (above). doi: 10.1093/med/9780199593972.003.0004
- Summerbell RC, Gueidan C, Guarro J, Eskalen A, Crous PW, Gupta AK, Gené J, Cano-Lira JF, Starink M, Scott JA. 2018. The protean Acremonium. A. sclerotigenum/egyptiacum: revision, food contaminant, and human disease. Microorganisms 6(3): 88. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms6030088
- Scott JA, Summerbell RC. 2016. Biology of the whiskey fungus. pp 413‒428. In: Biology of microfungi. Li D (ed). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_16
- Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2016. Conidiogenesis: its evolutionary aspects in the context of a philosophy of opportunity (lectics). pp 169‒195. In: Biology of microfungi. Li D (ed). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_8
- Arocha-Rosete Y, Diallo HA, Konan-Konan JL, Assiri PK, Kra Daniel KK, Toualy MN, Kwadjo Koffi EK, Daramcoum MP, Beugré NI, Outtara WM, Kouadjo CG, Allou K, Fursy-Rodelec ND, Doudjo-Ouattara ON, Yankey N, Dery S, Maharaj A, Saleh M, Summerbell RC, Contaldo N, Paltrinieri S, Bertaccini A, Scott JA. 2016. Detection and identification of the coconut lethal yellowing phytoplasma in weeds growing in coconut farms in Côte d'Ivoire. Canadian Journal of Phytopathology 38: 164–173. doi: 10.1080/07060661.2016.1191044
- Summerbell, R.C. 2011. Respiratory tract infections caused by indoor fungi. p. 205 – 226. In Microorganisms in home and work environments. 2nd edition. Flannigan B; Samson RA; Miller JD (eds) Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
- Samson, R. A., J. Houbraken, R. C. Summerbell, B. Flannigan, and J. D. Miller. 2001. Common and important species of fungi and actinomycetes in indoor environments. p. 287 – 473. In Microorganisms in home and work environments. Edited by B. Flannigan, R. Samson and J. D. Miller. Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam.
- Summerbell, R.C. 2001. Respiratory tract infections caused by indoor fungi. p. 195 – 215. In Microorganisms in home and work environments. Edited by B. Flannigan, R. Samson and J. D. Miller. Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam.
- Scott JA, Ewaze JO, Summerbell RC, Arocha-Rosete Y, Maharaj A, Guardiola Y, Saleh M, Wong B, Bogale M, O'Hara MJ, Untereiner WA. 2016. Multilocus DNA sequencing of the whiskey fungus reveals a continental-scale speciation pattern. Persoonia 37: 13-20. doi: 10.3767/003158516X689576
- Gupta AK, Gupta G, Jain HC, Lynde CW, Foley KA, Daigle D, Cooper EA, Summerbell RC. 2016. The prevalence of unsuspected onychomycosis and its causative organisms in a multicentre Canadian sample of 30 000 patients visiting physicians' offices. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2016 May 11. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13677 [Epub ahead of print]
- Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2015. Acremonium. In: Molecular biology of food and water borne mycotoxigenic and mycotic fungi. Food Microbiology Series. Paterson RRM, Lima N (eds) Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
- Prenafeta-Boldú FX, Summerbell RC, de Boer W, Boschker HTS, Gams W. 2014. Biodiversity and ecology of soil fungi in a primary succession of a temperate coastal dune system. Nova Hedwigia 99: 347-372. doi: 10.1127/0029-5035/2014/0203
- Rossman AY, Seifert KA, Samuels GJ, Minnis AM, Schroers HJ, Lombard L, Crous PW, Põldmaa K, Cannon PF, Summerbell RC, Geiser DM, Zhuang WY, Hirooka Y, Herrera C, Salgado-Salazar C, Chaverri P. 2013. Genera in Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae, and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales) proposed for acceptance or rejection. IMA Fungus 4: 41-51. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.05
- Perdomo H, García D, Gené J, Cano J, Sutton DA, Summerbell RC, Guarro J. 2013. Phialemoniopsis, a new genus of Sordariomycetes, and new species of Phialemonium and Lecythophora. Mycologia 105: 398-421. doi: 10.3852/12-137
- Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2013. Testing methods for Legionella bacteria. Public Works & Government Services Canada: Ottawa. 28 pp.
- Martinez DA, Oliver BG, Gräser Y, Goldberg JM, Li W, Martinez-Rossi NM, Monod M, Shelest E, Barton RC, Birch E, Brakhage AA, Chen Z, Gurr SJ, Heiman D, Heitman J, Kosti I, Rossi A, Saif S, Samalova M, Saunders CW, Shea T, Summerbell RC, Xu J, Young S, Zeng Q, Birren BW, Cuomo CA, White TC. 2012. Comparative genome analysis of Trichophyton rubrum and related dermatophytes reveals candidate genes involved in infection. MBio. 3(5):e00259-12. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00259-12
- Drudge C, Krajden S, Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2012. Detection of antibiotic resistance genes associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and coagulase negative Staphylococci in hospital air filter dust by PCR. Aerobiologia 28: 285–289. doi: 10.1007/s10453-011-9219-x
- Summerbell RC, C. Gueidan C, Schroers H-J, de Hoog GS, Starinck M, van Iperen A, Rehner S, Arocha Rosete Y, Guarro J, Scott JA. 2011. Acremonium phylogenetic overview and revision of Gliomastix, Trichothecium and Sarocladium. Studies in Mycology 68: 139–162. doi: 10.3114/sim.2011.68.06
- Perdomo H, Sutton DA, García D, Fothergill AW, Gené J, Cano J, Summerbell RC, Rinaldi MG, Guarro J. 2011 Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Phialemonium and Lecythophora isolates from clinical samples. J Clin Microbiol. 49: 1209-1216. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01979-10
- Summerbell RC, Green BJ, Corr D, Scott JA. 2011. Molecular methods for bioaerosol characterization. In: Microorganisms in home and indoor work environments diversity, health impacts, investigation and control, 2nd edition. Flannigan B; Samson RA; Miller JD (eds) Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
- Perdomo H, Sutton DA, García D, Fothergill AW, Cano J, Gené J, Summerbell RC, Rinaldi MG, Guarro J. 2011. Spectrum of clinically relevant Acremonium species in the United States. J Clin Microbiol. 49: 243-256. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00793-10
- Scott JA, Green BJ, Summerbell RC. 2011. Traditional and modern methods for detecting fungi in indoor environments. pp 353–373. In: Fundamentals of mold growth in indoor environments and strategies for healthy living. Samson RA, Adan O (eds) Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.
- Borman, AM, Summerbell, R.C. 2019. Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and agents of superficial mycoses. In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 12th ed. Edited by Carroll KC, Pfaller MA, Landry ML, McAdam A, Patel R, Richter SS, Warnock DW. 2208-2233.
- Borman, AM, Summerbell, R.C. 2013. Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and agents of superficial mycosis. In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 11th ed. Edited by J. Versalovic. ASM Press, Washington DC, ASM Press, Washington DC.
- Summerbell, R.C. 2011. Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and agents of superficial mycosis. In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 10th ed. Edited by J. Versalovic. ASM Press, Washington DC, ASM Press, Washington DC.
- Summerbell, R.C. 2007. Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and agents of superficial mycosis. In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 9th ed. Edited by P.R. Murray, E.J. Baron, J.H. Jorgensen, M. A. Pfaller and R.H. Yolken. ASM Press, Washington DC, ASM Press, Washington DC.
- Summerbell, R.C. 2003. Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and agents of superficial mycosis. In: Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 8th ed. Edited by P.R. Murray, E.J. Baron, J.H. Jorgensen, M. A. Pfaller and R.H. Yolken. ASM Press, Washington DC, ASM Press, Washington DC., p. 1798-1819.
- Kane, J. and R.C. Summerbell. 1999. Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton, and agents of superficial mycosis. In Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 7th ed. Edited by P.R. Murray, F.C. Tenover, E.J. Baron, and M. A. Pfaller. ASM Press, Washington DC, p. 1275-1294.
- Weitzman, I., J. Kane and R.C. Summerbell. 1995. Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton and agents of superficial mycoses. p. 791 808. In Manual of Clinical Microbiology, 6th ed. Edited by P.R Murray, E.J. Baron, M.A. Pfaller, F.C. Tenover and R.H. Yolken. ASM Press, Washington DC.
- Summerbell, R.C. Mould identification. In Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, 2nd ed. Edited by H. Isenberg. ASM Press, Washington, DC. 2004. Vol. 2: 8.9.1- 8.9.59. doi: 10.1128/9781555817435
- Alberton O, Kuyper TW, Summerbell RC. 2010. Dark septate root endophytic fungi increase growth of Scots pine seedlings under elevated CO2 through enhanced nitrogen use efficiency. Plant Soil 328: 459-470. doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0125-8
- De Baere T, Summerbell R, Theelen B, Boekhout T, Vaneechoutte M. 2010. Evaluation of internal transcribed spacer 2-RFLP analysis for the identification of dermatophytes. J Med Microbiol. 59: 48-54. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.013870-0
- O'Donnell K, Sutton DA, Rinaldi MG, Sarver BA, Balajee SA, Schroers HJ, Summerbell RC, Robert VA, Crous PW, Zhang N, Aoki T, Jung K, Park J, Lee YH, Kang S, Park B, Geiser DM. 2010. Internet-accessible DNA sequence database for identifying fusaria from human and animal infections. J Clin Microbiol. 48: 3708-3718. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00989-10
- Tata HL, van Noordwijk M, Summerbell R, Werger MJA. 2010. Limited response to nursery-stage mycorrhiza inoculation of Shorea seedlings planted in rubber agroforest in Jambi, Indonesia. New Forests 39: 51-74. doi: 10.1007/s11056-009-9155-6
- Padhye AA, Summerbell RC. 2005. The dermatophytes. In: Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 10th ed. Medical Mycology vol. Edited by W.G. Merz and R. J. Hay. Hodder Arnold, London, p. 220 – 243. doi: 10.1002/9780470688618
- Kantarcioglu AS, Summerbell RC, Sutton DA, Yücell A, Sarikaya E, Kaner G, Iscimen A, Altas K. 2010. A dark strain in the Fusarium solani species complex isolated from primary subcutaneous sporotrichioid lesions associated with traumatic inoculation via a rose bush thorn. Med Mycol. 48:103-109. doi: 10.1080/13693780902829250
- Sigler L, Sutton DA, Gibas CF, Summerbell RC, Noel RK, Iwen PC. 2010. Phialosimplex, a new anamorphic genus associated with infections in dogs and having phylogenetic affinity to the Trichocomaceae. Med Mycol 48: 335-345. doi: 10.1080/13693780903225805
- Schroers HJ, O'Donnell K, Lamprecht SC, Kammeyer PL, Johnson S, Sutton DA, Rinaldi MG, Geiser DM, Summerbell RC. 2009. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Fusarium dimerum species group. Mycologia 101:44-70. doi: 10.3852/08-002
- Schoch CL, Sung G-H, López-Giráldez F, Townsend JP, Miadlikowska J, Hofstetter V, Robbertse B, Matheny PB, Kauff F, Wang Z, Gueidan C, Andrie RM, Trippe K, Ciufetti LM, Wynns A, Fraker E, Hodkinson BP, Bonito G, Yahr R, Groenewald JZ, Arzanlou M, de Hoog GS, Crous PW, Hewitt D, Pfister DH, Peterson K, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ, Aptroot A, Suh S.-O, Blackwell M, Hillis DM, Griffith GW, Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, Lumbsch HT, Lücking R, Büdel B, Rauhut A, Diederich P, Ertz D, Geiser DM, Hosaka K, Inderbitzin P,Kohlmeyer, J,Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Mostert L, O’Donnell K, Sipman H, Rogers JD, Shoemaker RA, Sugiyama J, Summerbell RC, Untereiner W, Johnston P, Stenroos S, Zuccaro A, Dyer P, Crittenden P, Cole MS, Hansen K, Trappe JM, Lutzoni F. and Spatafora JW. 2009. The Ascomycota tree of life: A phylum wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits. Systematic Biology 58: 224-239. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syp020
- Scott JA, Wong B, Summerbell RC, Untereiner WA. 2008. A survey of Penicillium brevicompactum and P. bialowiezense from indoor environments with commentary on the taxonomy of the P. brevicompactum group. Botany 86: 732–741. doi: 10.1139/B08-060
- Galván IJ, Mir-Rashed N, Jessulat M, Atanya M, Golshani A, Durst T, Petit P, Amiguet VT, Boekhout T, Summerbell R, Cruz I, Arnason JT, Smith ML. Antifungal and antioxidant activities of the phytomedicine pipsissewa, Chimaphila umbellata. Phytochemistry. 2008; 69: 738-746. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.09.007
- Deng S, Bulmer GS, Summerbell RC, De Hoog GS, Hui Y, Gräser Y. Changes in frequency of agents of tinea capitis in school children from Western China suggest slow migration rates in dermatophytes. Med Mycol. 2008; 46: 421-427. doi: 10.1080/13693780701883730
- Rainer J, Kaltseis J, de Hoog SG, Summerbell RC. Efficacy of a selective isolation procedure for members of the Pseudallescheria boydii complex. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2008; 93: 315-322. doi: 10.1007/s10482-007-9206-y
- Ewaze JO, Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2008. Ethanol physiology in the warehouse staining fungus, Baudoinia compniacensis. Mycological Research 112: 1373–1380. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.05.003
- Gupta, A.K. and R.C. Summerbell. 1998. Increased incidence of Trichophyton tonsurans tinea capitis in Ontario, Canada, between 1985 and 1996. Medical Mycology 36: 55‑60. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-280x.1998.00129.x
- Wicklow DT, Poling SM, Summerbell RC. 2008. Occurrence of pyrrocidine and dihydroresorcylide production among Acremonium zeae populations from maize grown in different regions. Can J Plant Pathol 30: 425-433. doi: 10.1080/07060660809507540
- Ewaze JO, Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2008. Semiselective isolation of the ethanol imbibing sooty mould of distillery aging warehouses, Baudoinia. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 54: 331–333. doi: 10.1139/W08-016
- De Meyer EM, De Beer ZW, Summerbell RC, Moharram AM, de Hoog GS, Vismer HF, Wingfield MJ, 2008. Taxonomy and phylogeny of new wood- and soil-inhabiting Sporothrix species in the Ophiostoma stenoceras - Sporothrix schenckii complex. Mycologia 100: 647-661. doi: 10.3852/07-157r
- Gräser Y, Scott JA, Summerbell RC. 2008. The new species concept in dermatophytes: a polyphasic approach. Mycopathologia 166: 239–256. doi: 10.1007/s11046-008-9099 y.
- Arabatzis M, Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet LE, Kuijper EJ, de Hoog GS, Lavrijsen AP, Templeton K, van der Raaij-Helmer EM, Velegraki A, Gräser Y, Summerbell RC. Diagnosis of common dermatophyte infections by a novel multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction detection/identification scheme Br J Dermatol. 2007; 157:681-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08100.x
- Aspiroz C, Gené J, Rezusta A, Charlez L, Summerbell RC. First Spanish case of onychomycosis caused by Chaetomium globosum. Med Mycol. 2007; 45: 279-282. doi: 10.1080/13693780601164280
- Zare R, Gams W, Starink-Willemse M, Summerbell RC. Gibellulopsis, a suitable genus for Verticillium nigrescens, and Musicillium, a new genus for V. theobromae. Nova Hedwigia 2007; 85: 463-489. doi: 10.1127/0029-5035/2007/0085-0463
- Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2007. Histoplasmosis, Blastomycosis and Cryptococcosis in Canada. Health Canada & Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Government of Canada: Ottawa. 56 pp.
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- Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2007. National Centres for Secure Biological Resources (NCSBR). Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRNE) Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI), Government of Canada: Ottawa. 109 pp.
- Man in ’t Veld WA, de Cock AWAM, Summerbell RC. Natural hybrids of European and recently introduced Phytophthora species proliferating on multiple new hosts. Eur J Plant Pathol 2007; 117: 25-33. doi: 10.1007/s10658-006-9065-9
- Ewaze JO, Summerbell RC, Scott JA. 2007. Physiological studies of the warehouse staining fungus, Baudoinia compniacensis. Mycological Research 111: 1422–1430. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.09.010
- Morris, SK, Brophy J, Richardson SE, Sarsfield P, Summerbell RC, Parkin PC, Jamieson F, Limerick B, Ford-Jones EL. A pediatric case and laboratory based review of blastomycosis in Ontario, 1994-2003. Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 12:274-279. doi: 10.3201/eid1202.050849
- van der Wal A, van Veen JA, Pijl A, Summerbell RC, de Boer W. Constraints for development of fungal biomass and decomposition functions during restoration of arable land. Soil Biol Biochem 2006; 38: 2890-2902. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.046
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- Summerell BA, Groenewald JZ, Carnegie A, Summerbell RC and Crous PW. Eucalyptus microfungi known from culture. 2. Alysidiella, Fusculina and Phlogicylindrium genera nova, with notes on some other poorly known taxa. Fungal Diversity 2006; 23: 323-350.
- Kardjeva V, Kantardjiev T, Summerbell RC, Devliotou-Panagiotidou D, Sotiriou E, Gräser Y. 48-hour diagnosis of onychomycosis including subtyping of Trichophyton rubrum strains. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:1419-1427. doi: 10.1128/jcm.44.4.1419-1427.2006
- Kalkanci A, Kustimur S, Sucak GT, Senol E, Sugita T, Adams G, Verkley G, Summerbell RC. Fulminating fungal sinusitis caused by Valsa sordida, a plant pathogen, in a patient immunocompromised by acute myeloid leukemia. Med Mycol 2006; 44: 531-595. doi: 10.1080/13693780500340510
- Prenafeta-Boldú FX, Summerbell RC, de Hoog GS. Fungi growing on aromatic hydrocarbons: biotechnology’s unexpected encounter with biohazard? FEMS Microbiol Rev 2006; 30:109-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2005.00007.x
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- Hemashettar BM, Siddaramappa B, Munjunathaswamy BS, Pangi AS, Pattan J, Andrade AT, Padhye AA, Mostert L, Summerbell RC. Phaeoacremonium krajdenii, a cause of white grain eumycetoma. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:4619-4622. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01019-06
- Baddley JW, Mostert L, Summerbell RC, Moser SA. Phaeoacremonium parasiticum infection. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44: 2207-2211.
- Lee HB, Park JY, Jung HS, Summerbell RC. Phaeomoniella zymoides sp. nov. and Phaeomoniella pinifoliorum sp. nov., two new acid-tolerant epiphytic species isolated from pine needles in Korea. Mycologia 2006; 98:598-611. doi: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832663
- Marques SA, Camargo RMP, Summerbell RC, De Hoog GS, Ishioka P, Chambô-Cordaro LM, Marques MEA. Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Phaeoacremonium parasiticum in a renal transplant patient. Med Mycol 2006; 44: 671-676. doi: 10.1080/13693780600895181
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- Gams W, Zare R, Summerbell RC. Proposal to conserve the generic name Verticillium (anamorphic Ascomycetes) with a conserved type Taxon 2005; 54: 179 (1 page). doi: 10.2307/25065318
- Strahilevitz J, Rahav G, Schroers HJ, Summerbell RC, Amitai Z, Goldschmied-Reouven A, Rubinstein E, Schwammenthal Y, Feinberg MS, Siegman-Igra Y, Bash E, Polacheck I, Zelazny A, Howard SJ, Cibotaro P, Shovman O, Keller N. An outbreak of Phialemonium infective endocarditis linked to intracavernous penile injections for the treatment of impotence. Clin Infect Dis. 2005; 40:781-6. doi: 10.1086/428045
- Baumgardner DJ, Summerbell RC, Krajden S, Alexopoulou I, Agrawal B, Bergeson M, Fuksa M, Bemis C, Baumgardner MA. Attempted isolation of Blastomyces dermatitidis from native shrews in northern Wisconsin, USA. Med Mycol 2005; 43: 413-416. doi: 10.1080/13693780400008191
- Zijlstra JD, Van ’t Hof P, Baar J, Verkley GJM, Summerbell RC, Paradi I, Braakhekke WG, Berendse F. Diversity of symbiotic root endophytes of the Helotiales in ericaceous plants and the grass, Deschampsia flexuosa. Stud. Mycol. 2005; 53: 147–162. doi: 10.3114/sim.53.1.147
- Summerbell RC. From Lamarckian fertilizers to fungal castles: recapturing the pre-1985 literature on endophytic and saprotrophic fungi associated with ectomycorrhizal root systems Stud. Mycol. 2005; 53: 191–256. doi: 10.3114/sim.53.1.191
- Dornbusch HJ, Buzina W, Summerbell RC, Lass-Florl C, Lackner H, Schwinger W, Sovinz P, Urban C. Fusarium verticillioides abscess of the nasal septum in an immunosuppressed child: case report and identification of the morphologically atypical fungal strain. J Clin Microbiol. 2005; 43:1998-2001. doi: 10.1128/jcm.43.4.1998-2001.2004
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- De Boer W, Folman L, Summerbell RC, Boddy L. Living in a fungal world: impact of fungi on soil bacterial niche development. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2005 29:795-811. Epub Dec 16, 2004. Review. doi: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.11.005
- Summerbell RC, Lévesque CA, Seifert KA, Bovers M, Fell JW, Diaz MR, Boekhout T, de Hoog GS, Stalpers J, Crous P. Microcoding: the second step in DNA barcoding. Phil Trans R Soc B 2005; 360:1897-1903. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1721
- Summerbell RC, Cooper E, Bunn U, Jamieson F, Gupta AK. Onychomycosis: a critical study of techniques and criteria for confirming the etiologic significance of nondermatophytes. Med Mycol. 2005; 43: 39-59. doi: 10.1080/13693780410001712043
- Honraet K, De Vos MM, Summerbell RC, van Kempen I, De Saeger S, Vermeersch H, Van Peteghem C, Nelis HJ. Recurrent colonization of successively implanted tracheoesophageal vocal prostheses by a member of the Fusarium solani species complex. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 43:770-7. doi: 10.1128/jcm.43.2.770-777.2005
- Summerbell RC. Root endophyte and mycorrhizosphere fungi of black spruce, Picea mariana, in a boreal forest habitat: influence of site factors on fungal distributions. Stud Mycol 2005; 53: 121–145. doi: 10.3114/sim.53.1.121
- Mostert L, Groenewald JZ, Summerbell RC, Robert V, Sutton DA, Padhye AA, Crous PW. Species of Phaeoacremonium associated with infections in humans and environmental reservoirs in infected woody plants. J Clin Microbiol. 2005; 43:1752-67. doi: 10.1128/jcm.43.4.1752-1767.2005
- Sogonov MV, Schroers H-J, Gams W, Dijksterhuis J, Summerbell RC. The hyphomycete Teberdinia hygrophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and related anamorphs of Pseudeurotium species. Mycologia 2005; 97: 695–709. doi: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832799
- Zuccaro A, Summerbell RC, Gams W, Schroers H-J, Mitchell JI. A new Acremonium species associated with Fucus spp., and its affinity with a phylogenetically distinct marine Emericellopsis clade. Stud Mycol 2004; 50: 283-297.
- Sigler L, Zuccaro A, Summerbell RC, Mitchell JI, Paré JA. Acremonium exuviarum sp. nov., a lizard-associated fungus with affinity to Emericellopsis. Stud Mycol 2004; 50: 409-413.
- Summerbell, R.C. 2005. Fungi associated with vertebrates. pp. 451-465 In: Mueller, G., Foster, M., & Bills, G. Biodiversity of Fungi - Inventory and Monitoring Methods. Academic Press, New York. doi: 10.1016/b978-012509551-8/50023-4
- Gupta AK, Boekhout T, Theelen B, Summerbell RC, Batra R. Identification and typing of Malassezia species by amplified fragment length polymorphism and sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer and large-subunit regions of ribosomal DNA. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 42:4253-60. doi: 10.1128/jcm.42.9.4253-4260.2004
- Järv H, Lehtmaa J, Summerbell RC, Hoekstra ES, Samson RA, Naaber P. Neosartorya pseudofischeri isolated from blood – first hint of pulmonary aspergillosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 ;42: 925-928. doi: 10.1128/jcm.42.2.925-928.2004
- Gupta AK, Ryder JE, Summerbell RC. Onychomycosis: classification and diagnosis. J Drugs Dermatol. 2004 ; 3: 51-56.
- Proia LA, Hayden MK, Kammeyer PL, Ortiz J, Sutton DA, Clark T, Schroers HJ, Summerbell RC. Phialemonium: an emerging mold pathogen that caused 4 cases of hemodialysis-associated endovascular infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39: 373-379. doi: 10.1086/422320
- Summerbell RC, Krajden S, Levine R, Fuksa M. Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae and successfully treated surgically. Med Mycol. 2004; 42: 543-547. doi: 10.1080/13693780400005916
- Tang P, Mohan S, Sigler L, Witterick I, Summerbell R, Campbell I, Mazzulli T. Allergic fungal sinusitis associated with Trichoderma longibrachiatum. J Clin Microbiol. 2003; 41:5333-5336. doi: 10.1128/jcm.41.11.5333-5336.2003
- Gupta AK, Ahmad I, Porretta M, Summerbell RC. Arthroconidial formation in Trichophyton raubitschekii. Mycoses 2003; 46: 304-310. doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00879.x
- Gupta AK, Ryder J, Summerbell RC. Comparison of efficacy criteria across onychomycosis trials: need for standardization. Int J Dermatol. 2003; 42: 312-5. Review. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01678.x
- Gupta AK, Ryder J, Summerbell RC. Fungal infections in immunocompromised patients. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2003; 17: 1-2 (minireview). doi: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00639.x
- St. Germain, G. and R.C. Summerbell. 2011. Identifying Fungi. A Clinical Laboratory Handbook. 2nd. ed. Star Publishers, Belmont, CA.
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- Gupta AK, Ryder J, Baran R, Summerbell RC. Non-dermatophyte onychomycosis. Dermatol Clin. 2003; 21: 257-268. Review. doi: 10.1016/s0733-8635(02)00086-4
- Gupta AK, Ryder JE, Bluhm R, Johnson A, Summerbell RC. Onychomycosis: quality of studies. J Cutan Med Surg 2003 7: 312-316. doi: 10.1007/s10227-002-0137-y
- Anaissie EJ, Stratton SL, Dignani C, Lee CK, Summerbell RC, Rex JH, Monson TP, Walsh TJ. Pathogenic moulds (including Aspergillus spp.) in hospital water distribution systems: A three-year prospective study and clinical implications for patients with hematological malignancies. Blood 2003; 101: 2542-2546. doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-02-0530
- Verkley GJ, Zijlstra JD, Summerbell RC, Berendse F. Phylogeny and taxonomy of root-inhabiting Cryptosporiopsis species, and C. rhizophila sp. nov., a fungus inhabiting roots of several Ericaceae. Mycol Res 2003; 107: 689-698. doi: 10.1017/s0953756203007883
- Gupta AK, Bluhm R, Cooper EA, Summerbell RC, Batra R. Seborrheic dermatitis. Dermatol Clin. 2003; 21: 401-412.
- Gupta AK, Ryder J, Summerbell RC. The diagnosis of nondermatophyte mold onychomycosis. Int J Dermatol 2003; 42: 272-273. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01788.x
- Mostert L, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Gams W, Summerbell RC. Togninia (Calosphaeriales) is confirmed as teleomorph of Phaeoacremonium by means of morphology, sexual compatibility, and DNA phylogeny. Mycologia 2003; 95: 646-659. doi: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833069
- Summerbell RC, Schroers, H-J. Analysis of phylogenetic relationship of Cylindrocarpon lichenicola and Acremonium falciforme to the Fusarium solani complex and a review of similarities in the spectrum of opportunistic infections caused by these fungi. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40: 2866-75. doi: 10.1128/jcm.40.8.2866-2875.2002
- Gibas CFC, Sigler L, Summerbell RC, Hofstader SLR, Gupta AK. Arachnomyces kanei (anamorph Onychocola kanei) sp. nov., from human nails. Med Mycol 2002; 40: 573-580. doi: 10.1080/714031153
- Summerbell, R.C. 2000. Form and function in the evolution of dermatophytes. p. 30 – 43. In Biology of dermatophytes and other keratinophilic fungi. Edited by R.K.S. Kushwaha and J. Guarro. Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia supplement, Bilbao, Spain. doi: 10.1590/s0036-46652002000300016
- Bernstein S, Brunner HI, Summerbell R, Allen U, Babyn P, Richardson SE. Blastomycosis acquired by three children in Toronto. Can J Infect Dis 2002; 13: 259-263. doi: 10.1155/2002/906757
- Anaissie EJ, Stratton SL, Dignani MC, Lee CK, Mahfouz TH, Rex JH, Summerbell RC, Walsh TJ. Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 35:E86-8. doi: 10.1086/342305
- Gupta AK, Kohli Y, Summerbell RC. Exploratory study of single-copy genes and ribosomal intergenic spacers for distinction of dermatophytes. Stud Mycol 2002; 47: 87-96.
- Gupta AK, Ahmad I, Summerbell RC. Fungicidal activities of commonly used disinfectants and antifungal pharmaceutical spray preparations against clinical strains of Aspergillus and Candida species. Med Mycol 2002; 40:201-208. doi: 10.1080/mmy.40.2.201.208
- Green BJ, Schmechel D, Summerbell RC. 2011. Aerosolized fungal fragments. In: Microorganisms in home and indoor work environments diversity, health impacts, investigation and control, 2nd edition. Flannigan B; Samson RA; Miller JD (eds) Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
- Gupta AK, Baran R, Summerbell RC. Onychomycosis: strategies to improve efficacy and reduce recurrence. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2002; 16: 579-586. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2002.00589.x
- Anaissie EJ, Stratton SL, Dignani MC, Summerbell RC, Rex JH, Monson TP, Spencer T, Kasai M, Francesconi A, Walsh TJ. Pathogenic Aspergillus species recovered from a hospital water system: a 3-year prospective study. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 34:780-9. doi: 10.1086/338958
- Summerbell, R.C. 2003. Aspergillus, Fusarium, Sporothrix, Piedraia and their relatives. Pathogenic and opportunistic members of the Eurotiales, Hypocreales, Ophiostomatales and Pseudeurotiaceae ss. str. pp. 237-498 In Pathogenic fungi in humans and animals, 2nd ed. Edited by D. H. Howard. Marcel Dekker Press, New York. doi: 10.1201/9780203909102
- Gibas CFC, Sigler L, Summerbell RC, Currah RS. Phylogeny of the genus Arachnomyces and its anamorphs and the establishment of Arachnomycetales, a new Eurotiomycete order in the Ascomycota. Stud Mycol 2002; 47: 131-139.
- Gupta AK, Bluhm R, Summerbell R. Pityriasis versicolor. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2002; 16:19-33 (Review)
- Gupta AK, Summerbell RC. 2002. Mycology. p. 150-164 In Review Notes for Dermatology. Edited by P. Robins. Physicians Continuing Education Corp., New York, NY, 2002:255-273.
- Summerbell RC, Weitzman I, Padhye A. The Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex: biological species and mating type prevalences of North American isolates, and a review of the worldwide distribution and host associations of species and mating types. Stud Mycol 2002; 47: 75-86
- van der Aa, H.A. and S. Vanev. 2002. A revision of the species described in Phyllosticta. Edited by A. Aptroot, R. C. Summerbell and G.J. Verkley. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
- Summerbell RC. What is the evolutionary and taxonomic status of asexual lineages in the dermatophytes? Stud Mycol 2002; 47: 97 -101.
- Gupta AK, Ahmad I, Summerbell RC. Comparative efficacies of commonly used disinfectants and antifungal pharmaceutical spray preparations against dermatophytic fungi. Med Mycol 2001; 39: 321-8. doi: 10.1080/mmy.39.4.321.328
- Gupta AK, Kohli Y, Faergemann J, Summerbell RC. Epidemiology of Malassezia yeasts associated with pityriasis versicolor in Ontario, Canada. Med Mycol. 2001; 39: 199-206. doi: 10.1080/714031017
- Anaissie EJ, Kuchar RT, Rex JH, Francesconi A, Kasai M, Muller FM, Lozano-Chiu M, Summerbell RC, Dignani MC, Chanock SJ, Walsh TJ. Fusariosis associated with pathogenic Fusarium species colonization of a hospital water system: a new paradigm for the epidemiology of opportunistic mold infections. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 33:1871-8. doi: 10.1086/324501
- Gupta AK, Gregurek-Novak T, Konnikov N. Lynde CW, Hofstader S, Summerbell RC. Itraconazole and terbinafine treatment of some nondermatophyte molds causing onychomycosis of the toes and a review of the literature. J Cutan Med Surg 2001; 5: 206-10. doi: 10.1177/120347540100500303
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- Hoekstra, E.S., R.A. Samson and R.C. Summerbell. 2001. Methods for the detection and isolation of fungi in the indoor environments. p. 298 – 305. In Introduction to food- and airborne fungi. 6th ed. Edited by R.A. Samson, E.S. Hoekstra, J.C. Frisvad, and O. Filtenborg. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
- Gupta AK, Adam P, Dlova N, Lynde CW, Hofstader S, Morar N, Aboobaker J, Summerbell RC. Therapeutic options for the treatment of tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton species: griseofulvin versus the new oral antifungal agents, terbinafine, itraconazole, and fluconazole. Pediatr Dermatol 2001; 18: 433- 438. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2001.01978.x
- Gupta AK, Cooper EA, MacDonald P, Summerbell RC. Utility of inoculum counting (Walshe and English criteria) in clinical diagnosis of onychomycosis caused by nondermatophytic filamentous fungi. J Clin Microbiol. 2001; 39: 2115-21. doi: 10.1128/jcm.39.6.2115-2121.2001
- Gupta AK, Kohli Y, Summerbell RC. Variation in restriction fragment length polymorphisms among serial isolates from patients with Trichophyton rubrum infection. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39: 3260-6. doi: 10.1128/jcm.39.9.3260-3266.2001
- Ghannoum MA, Hajjeh RA, Scher R, Konnikov N, Gupta AK, Summerbell R, Sullivan S, Daniel R, Krusinski P, Fleckman P, Rich P, Odom R, Aly R, Pariser D, Zaiac M, Rebell G, Lesher J, Gerlach B, Ponce-De-Leon GF, Ghannoum A, Warner J, Isham N, Elewski B. 2000. A large-scale North American study of fungal isolates from nails: the frequency of onychomycosis, fungal distribution, and antifungal susceptibility patterns. J Am Acad Dermatol 43: 641- 648. doi: 10.1067/mjd.2000.107754
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- Gupta AK, Taborda P, Taborda V, Gilmour J, Rachlis A, Salit I, Gupta MA, MacDonald P, Cooper EA, Summerbell RC. 2000. Epidemiology and prevalence of onychomycosis in HIV-positive individuals. Int J Dermatol 39: 746-753. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2000.00012.x
- Gupta AK, Baran R, Summerbell RC. Fusarium infections of the skin. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2000; 13: 121-128 (Review). doi: 10.1097/00001432-200004000-00005
- Gupta AK, Summerbell RC. 2000. Tinea capitis. Med Mycol 38:255-87. (review)
- Gupta, A.K., A. Li, Y. Kohli, J. Faergemann, and R.C. Summerbell. 2000. In vitro susceptibility of the seven Malassezia species to ketoconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, and terbinafine. Brit. J. Dermatol. 142: 758-765. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03294.x
- Lester RS, DeKoven JG, Kane J, Simor AE, Krajden S, Summerbell RC. 2000. Novel cases of blastomycosis acquired in Toronto, Ontario. Can Med Assoc J 163: 1309-1312.
- Gupta AK, Kohli Y, Summerbell RC. 2000. Molecular differentiation of seven Malassezia species. J Clin Microbiol 38: 1869-1875. doi: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1869-1875.2000
- Gupta AK, Dlova N, Taborda P, Morar N, Taborda V, Lynde CW, Konnikov N, Borges M, Raboobee N, Summerbell RC, Adam P, Hofstader SL, Aboobaker J. 2000. Once weekly fluconazole is effective in children in the treatment of tinea capitis: a prospective, multicentre study. Br J Dermatol 142: 965-968. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03479.x
- Gupta AK, Jain HC, Lynde CW, Macdonald P, Cooper EA, Summerbell RC. 2000. Prevalence and epidemiology of onychomycosis in patients visiting physicians' offices: a multicenter Canadian survey of 15,000 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol 43: 244- 248. doi: 10.1067/mjd.2000.104794
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- Matlow, A.G., I. Kitai, H. Kirpalani, N.H. Chapman, M. Corey, M. Perlman, P. Pencharz, S. Jewell, C. Phillips-Gordon, R. Summerbell, E.L. Ford-Jones. 1999. A randomized trial of 72- versus 24-hour intravenous tubing set changes in newborns receiving lipid therapy. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 20: 487-493. doi: 10.1086/501657
- Gupta, A.K., and R.C. Summerbell. 1999. Combined distal and lateral subungual and white superficial onychomycosis in the toenails of an individual. J Amer. Acad. Dermatol. 41: 938-944. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(99)70250-1
- Currie CR, Scott JA, Summerbell RC, Malloch D. 1999. Fungus-growing ants use antibiotic-producing bacteria to control weed moulds. Nature 398: 701–704. doi: 10.1038/19519 [corrigendum Nature 423: 461–461, 2003. doi: 10.1038/nature01563]
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- Summerbell, R.C. and A.K. Gupta. 1999. Superficial fungal diseases. p. 8.29.1- 8.29.8. In Infectious diseases. Vol. 2. Edited by D. Armstrong and J. Cohen, Mosby Press, London.
- Gupta, A.K., P. Adam, S.L.R. Hofstader, C.W. Lynde, P. Taborda, V. Taborda, N. Morar, N. Dlova, N. Raboobee, N. Konnikov, J. Aboobaker, R.C. Summerbell. 1999. Intermittent short duration therapy with fluconazole is effective in the treatment of tinea capitis. Brit. J. Dermatol. 141: 304-306. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02981.x
- Summerbell, R.C. and J. Kane. 1997. The genera Trichophyton and Epidermophyton. p. 131 191 In Kane, J., R.C. Summerbell, L. Sigler, S. Krajden, G. Land, Laboratory handbook of dermatophytes. A clinical guide and laboratory manual of dermatophytes and other filamentous fungi from skin, hair and nails. Star Publishers, Belmont, CA. doi: 10.1023/a:1007029918288
- Sugiyama M, Summerbell RC, Mikawa T. Molecular phylogeny of onygenalean fungi based on small subunit (SSU) and large subunit (LSU) ribosomal DNA sequences Stud Mycol 2002; 47: 5-24. doi: 10.1007/bf02463962
- Cowen LE, Sirjusingh C, Summerbell RC, Walmsley S, Richardson S, Kohn LM, Anderson JB. 1999. Multilocus genotypes and DNA fingerprints do not predict variation in azole resistance among clinical isolates of Candida albicans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 43: 2930-8. doi: 10.1128/aac.43.12.2930
- Summerbell, R.C., R. Haugland, A. Li, and A.K. Gupta. 1999. Ribosomal RNA gene internal transcribed spacer 1 and 2 sequences of asexual, anthropophilic dermatophytes related to Trichophyton rubrum. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37: 4005-11. doi: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.4005-4011.1999
- Gupta, A.K., S.L. Hofstader, P. Adam, and R.C. Summerbell. 1999. Tinea capitis: an overview with emphasis on management (review). Pediatr. Dermatol. 16: 171‑189. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.1999.00050.x
- Gupta, A.K., T.R. Einarson, R.C. Summerbell, N. H. Shear. 1998. An overview of topical antifungal therapy in dermatomycoses. (review) Drugs 55: 645‑674. doi: 10.2165/00003495-199855050-00004
- Rosenthal SA, Scott JA, Summerbell RC, Kane J. 1998. First isolation of Trichophyton fischeri in the United States. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 36: 3389–3391. PMID: 9774603.
- Gupta, A.K., C.B. Horgan‑Bell, and R.C. Summerbell. 1998. Onychomycosis associated with Onychocola canadensis: ten case reports and a review of the literature. J. Amer. Acad. Dermatol. 39: 410‑417. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70316-0
- Hull, P.R., A.K. Gupta, and R.C. Summerbell. 1998. Onychomycosis: an evaluation of three sampling methods. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 39: 1015‑1017. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70281-6
- Gupta, A.K., N. Konnikov, P. MacDonald, P. Rich, N.W. Rodger, M.W. Edmonds, R. McManus, R.C. Summerbell. 1998. Prevalence and epidemiology of onychomycosis of the toes in diabetic subjects: a multicenter study. Brit. J. Dermatol. 139: 665‑671. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02464.x
- Summerbell, R.C. 1998. Taxonomy and ecology of Aspergillus species associated with colonizing infections of the respiratory tract. In Kurup, V.P., and A.J. Apter, Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America 18 (3): 549 573. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8561(05)70022-9
- Gupta, A.K., S.L. Hofstader, R.C. Summerbell, R. Solomon, P. Adam, M. Alexis, N. Raboobee, and P. DeDoncker. 1998. Treatment of tinea capitis with itraconazole capsule pulse therapy. J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 39: 216‑219. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70078-7
- Gupta, A.K., C.W. Lynde, H.C. Jain, R.G. Sibbald, B.E. Elewski, C.R. Daniel III, R.C. Summerbell. 1997. A higher prevalence of onychomycosis in psoriatics compared to non‑psoriatics: a multicenter study. Brit. J. Dermatol. 136: 786‑789. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.6771624.x
- Sandre, R.M. and R.C. Summerbell. 1997. Disseminated Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a patient with AIDS. Can. J. Infect. Dis. 8: 347‑ 350. doi: 10.1155/1997/305246
- Sigler, L., R.C. Summerbell, L. Poole, M. Wieden, D.A. Sutton, M.G. Rinaldi, M. Aguirre, G.W. Estes, and J.N. Galgiani. 1997. Invasive Nattrassia mangiferae infections: case report, literature review, and therapeutic and taxonomic appraisal. J. Clin. Microbiol. 35: 433‑440. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.2.433-440.1997
- Gupta, A.K., M.E. Alexis, N. Raboobee, S.L.R. Hofstader, C.W. Lynde, P. Adam, R.C. Summerbell, and P. DeDoncker. 1997. Itraconazole pulse therapy is effective in the treatment of tinea capitis in children: an open multicentre study. British J. Dermatol. 137: 251‑254. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.18141912.x
- Summerbell, R.C. and J. Kane. 1997. Physiological and other special tests for the identification of dermatophytes. p. 45 79, Op. cit. (above)
- Summerbell, R.C., A. Li, and R. Haugland. 1997. What constitutes a functional species in the asexual dermatophytes? Microbiol. Cult. Coll. 13: 29‑37.
- Gupta, A.K., H.C. Jain, C.W. Lynde, G. Watteel, and R.C. Summerbell. 1997. Prevalence and epidemiology of unsuspected onychomycosis in patients visiting dermatologists' offices in Ontario, Canada – a multicentre survey of 2001 patients. Int. J. Dermatol. 36: 783‑787. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00349.x
- Paré, J.A., L. Sigler, D.B. Hunter, R.C. Summerbell, D.A. Smith, K.L. Machin. 1997. Cutaneous mycoses in chamaeleons caused by the Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii Apinis. J. Zoo Wildlife Med. 28: 443‑453.
- Tarlo, S.M., Y. Wai, J. Dolovich, and R.C. Summerbell. 1996. Occupational asthma induced by Chrysonilia sitophila in the logging industry. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 97: 1409‑1413. doi: 10.1016/s0091-6749(96)70211-7
- St. Germain, G. and R.C. Summerbell. 1996. Champignons filamenteux d'interêt medical. Star Publishers, Belmont, CA. (French version of book cited above).
- Sekhon, A.S., L. Kaufman, N. Moledina, R.C. Summerbell, and A.A. Padhye. 1995. An exoantigen test for the rapid identification of medically significant Fusarium species. J. Med. Vet. Mycol. 33: 287‑289. doi: 10.1080/02681219580000591
- Richter, S., J. Kane, R.C. Summerbell, S. Krajden, and B. Diena. 1995 Enzymatic profiling of Nocardia asteroides group A and group B using the API YeastIdent system. Mycopathol. 129: 1‑4.
- Schieven, B.C., V.E. Massey, M.A. John, P.R. Couroux, R. Lannigan, R.C. Summerbell, and Z. Hussain. 1995. Evaluation of Candifast for the identification of common clinical yeast isolates. Can. J. Med. Technol. 57: 32-35.
- Outerbridge, C.A., Myers, S.L., and R.C. Summerbell. Phaeohyphomycosis in a cat. 1995. Can. Vet. J. 36: 629‑630.
- Davies, R., R.C. Summerbell, D. Haldane, A. Dufour, K. Yu, I. Broder, R. Dales, J. Kirkbride, T. Kauri, W. Robertson. 1995. Fungal contamination in public buildings: A guide to recognition and management. Environmental Health Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, 76 pp.
- Weitzman, I., and R.C. Summerbell. 1995. The dermatophytes. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 8: 240‑259. (review)
- Gupta, A.K., R.G. Sibbald, and R.C. Summerbell. 1995. Terbinafine: an alternative treatment for tinea faciei. J. Dermatol. Treatment 6: 187‑ 188. doi: 10.3109/09546639509097181
- Bargman, H., J. Kane, M.‑L. Baxter, and R.C. Summerbell. 1995. Trichophyton rubrum tinea capitis in adult women. Mycoses 38: 231‑234. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1995.tb00057.x
- Yau, Y.C.W., J. de Nanassy, R.C. Summerbell, A.G. Matlow, and S.E. Richardson. 1994. Fungal sternal wound infection due to Curvularia lunata in a neonate with congenital heart disease: case report and review. Clin. Infect. Dis. 19: 735‑740. doi: 10.1093/clinids/19.4.735
- Gold, W.L., H. Vellend, I.E. Salit, I. Campbell, R. Summerbell, M. Rinaldi, and A.E. Simor. 1994. Successful treatment of systemic and local infections due to Exophiala species. Clin. Infect. Dis. 19: 339‑341. doi: 10.1093/clinids/19.2.339
- Summerbell, R. C., S. Krajden, J. Kane and E. E. Duke. 1993. Medically important members of the Ophiostomatales/Sporothrix spp. pp. 185 192 In Ceratocystis and Ophiostoma. Taxonomy, ecology and pathogenicity. Edited by M.J. Wingfield, K.A. Seifert, and J.F. Webber. APS Press, St. Paul, Minn., USA.
- Bannatyne, R.M., W.L. Small, and R.C. Summerbell. 1993. Disseminated Nocardia farcinica infection. Clin. Microbiol. Newsl. 15: 70‑72. doi: 10.1016/0196-4399(93)90017-h
- Summerbell, R.C. 1993. The benomyl test as a fundamental diagnostic method for medical mycology. J. Clin. Microbiol. 31: 572‑577. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.3.572-577.1993
- Summerbell, R.C., L. de Repentigny, C. Chartrand, and G. St.‑Germain. 1992. Graft‑related endocarditis caused by Neosartorya fischeri var. spinosa. J. Clin. Microbiol. 30: 1580‑1582. doi: 10.1128/jcm.30.6.1580-1582.1992
- Stiller, M. J., S. A. Rosenthal, R. C. Summerbell, J. Pollack, and A. Chan. 1992. Onychomycosis of the toenails caused by Chaetomium globosum. J. Amer. Acad. Dermatol. 26: 775‑776. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(08)80558-0
- Kane J, Scott JA, Summerbell RC, Diena BB. 1992. Trichophyton krajdenii sp. nov.: An anthropophilic dermatophyte. Mycotaxon 45: 307–316.
- Krajden, S., R.C. Summerbell, J. Kane, I.F. Salkin, M.E. Kemna, M.G. Rinaldi, M. Fuksa, E. Spratt, C. Rodrigues, J. Choe, R.E. Winn, M. Galbraith, and J.H. Bower. 1991. Normally saprobic cryptococci isolated from Cryptococcus neoformans infections. J. Clin. Microbiol. 29: 1883‑1887. doi: 10.1128/jcm.29.9.1883-1887.1991
- Crompton, C.H., R.C. Summerbell, J.W. Balfe, and M.M. Silver. 1992. Peritonitis with Paecilomyces complicating peritoneal dialysis. Pediatr. Inf. Dis. J. 10: 869‑871. doi: 10.1097/00006454-199111000-00017
- Summerbell, R. C., J. Kane, and D. H. Pincus. 1990. Enzymatic activity profiling as a potential biotyping tool for Ajellomyces dermatitidis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 28: 1054‑1056. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.5.1054-1056.1990
- Kane, J., S. Krajden, R.C. Summerbell and R.G. Sibbald. 1990. Infections caused by Trichophyton raubitschekii: clinical and epidemiological features. Mycoses 33: 499‑506. doi: 10.1111/myc.1990.33.9-10.499
- Hutchison, L. J., and R. C. Summerbell. 1990. Studies on the systematics of ectomycorrhizal fungi in axenic culture. Reactions of mycelia to diazonium blue B staining. Mycologia 82: 36‑42. doi: 10.1080/00275514.1990.12025837
- Summerbell, R. C., J. Kane, and S. Krajden. 1989. Onychomycosis, tinea pedis and tinea manuum caused by non‑dermatophytic fungi. Mycoses 32: 609‑619.
- Summerbell, R. C., A. Castle, P. A. Horgen, and J. B. Anderson. 1989. Inheritance of restriction fragment length polymorphisms in Agaricus brunnescens. Genetics 123: 293‑300. doi: 10.1093/genetics/123.2.293
- Summerbell, R. C. 1989. Microfungi associated with the mycorrhizal mantle and adjacent microhabitats within the rhizosphere of black spruce. Can. J. Bot. 67: 1085‑1095. doi: 10.1139/b89-142
- Summerbell, R. C., S. Krajden, and J. Kane. 1989. Potted plants in hospitals as reservoirs of pathogenic fungi. Mycopathologia 106: 13‑ 22. doi: 10.1007/bf00436921
- Summerbell, R. C., K. A. Seifert, and J. A. Mackinnon. 1989. Taxonomy and ecology of Cylindrodendrum album var. paralion var. nov. Can. J. Bot. 67: 573‑578. doi: 10.1139/b89-078
- Kane, J., E. Leavitt, R. C. Summerbell, S. Krajden, and S. S. Kasatiya. 1988. An outbreak of Trichophyton tonsurans dermatophytosis in a chronic care institution for the elderly. European J. Epidemiol. Wachtel; however, it is important to note that the medical records clearly indicate that Lincoln had developmental and behavioral issues prior to moving to Virginia as evidenced by his eligibility to be in the North Carolina Infant-Toddler Program (Mr. Burns, MSW, LCSW, ITFS; FINNEY002604).4: 144‑149. doi: 10.1007/bf00144741
- Summerbell, R. C. 1988. Benomyl‑tolerant microfungi associated with mycorrhizae of black spruce. Can. J. Bot. 66: 553‑557. doi: 10.1139/b88-079
- Summerbell, R. C. and D. W. Malloch. 1988. The recognition of non mycorrhizal fungi associated with mycorrhizal roots. In Canadian Workshop on Mycorrhizae in Forestry. Edited by M. Lalonde and Y. Piché. Fac. de Foresterie et de Géodésie, Univ. Laval, Québec. pp. 145 148.
- Summerbell, R. C., S. Krajden, and J. Kane. 1988. Dermatophytosis in chronic care institutions for the elderly. (Refereed correspondence) Can. Med. Assoc. J. 140: 112‑113.
- Richardson, S. E., R. M. Bannatyne, R. C. Summerbell, J. Milliken, R. Gold, and S. S. Weitzman. 1988. Disseminated fusarial infection in the immunocompromised host. Rev. Infect. Dis. 10: 1171‑1181. doi: 10.1093/clinids/10.6.1171
- Summerbell, R. C., S. E. Richardson, and J. Kane. 1988. Fusarium proliferatum as an agent of disseminated infection in an immunocompromised patient. J. Clin. Microbiol. 26: 82‑87. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.1.82-87.1988
- Hutchison, L. J., R. C. Summerbell, and D. W. Malloch. 1988. Additions to the mycota of North America and Quebec: arctic and boreal species from Schefferville, northern Quebec. Nat. Can. 115: 39‑56.
- Summerbell, R. C., S. A. Rosenthal, and J. Kane. 1988. A rapid method for the differentiation of Trichophyton rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, and related dermatophyte species. J. Clin. Microbiol. 26: 2279‑2282. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.11.2279-2282.1988
- Shah, P. C., S. Krajden, J. Kane, and R. C. Summerbell. 1988. Tinea corporis caused by Microsporum canis: report of a nosocomial outbreak. European J. Epidemiol. 4: 33‑38. doi: 10.1007/bf00152689
- Kane, J., L. Sigler, and R. C. Summerbell. 1987. Improved procedures for the differentiation of Microsporum persicolor from Trichophyton mentagrophytes. J. Clin. Microbiol. 25: 2449‑2452. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.12.2449-2452.1987
- Kane, J., and R. C. Summerbell. 1987. Sodium chloride as an aid in the determination of Phaeoannellomyces werneckii and other medically important dematiaceous fungi. J. Clin. Microbiol. 25: 944‑946. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.5.944-946.1987
- Summerbell, R. C. 1987. The inhibitory effect of Trichoderma species and other soil microfungi on formation of mycorrhiza by Laccaria bicolor in vitro. New Phytol. 105: 437‑448. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1987.tb00881.x
- Summerbell, R. C. 1987. Trichophyton kanei, sp. nov. a new anthropophilic dermatophyte. Mycotaxon 28: 509‑523. doi: 10.5962/p.418946
- Kohn, L. M., R. C. Summerbell, and D. W. Malloch. 1986. A new inoperculate discomycete associated with roots of Picea. Mycologia 78: 934‑940. doi: 10.2307/3807434
- Kane, J., S. Krajden, and R. C. Summerbell. 1986. Torulopsis: still legitimate name for medically important yeast. (refereed correspondence.) Can. Med. Assoc. J. 135: 274‑275.
- Summerbell, R. C. 1985. The staining of filamentous fungi with diazonium blue B. Mycologia 77: 587‑593. doi: 10.1080/00275514.1985.12025144
- Summerbell, R. C. 1983. The heterobasidiomycetous yeast genus Leucosporidium in an area of temperate climate. Can. J. Bot. 61: 1402‑ 1410. doi: 10.1139/b83-150
- Summerbell, R. C., and R. A. Cannings. 1981. Fungi and Brillia retifinis (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the decomposition of conifer leaves in a British Columbia stream. Syesis 14: 125‑130.
Management Team
- James Scott, PhD, ARMCCM
- Richard Summerbell, PhD
- Yaima Arocha-Rosete, PhD
- Mike Saleh, MHSc
- Kristine White, BA
- Edward J Hollis, MSEd


