Medical Mycology 2011-2012
| Directors : Dr Françoise Dromer Molecular Mycology Unit, and National Reference Center for Mycoses and Antifungal Agents, Institut Pasteur Pr Olivier Lortholary Université Paris-Descartes, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades and National Reference Center for Mycoses and Antifungal Agents, Institut Pasteur Head of Studies : Dr Dea Garcia Hermoso-Kaiser Molecular Mycology Unit,and National Reference Center for Mycoses and Antifungal Agents, Institut Pasteur |
This course is aimed at MDs and PhDs and veterinarians wishing to improve practical and theoretical knowledge of medical mycology.
This course will be taught in English.
Training is provided through bench work and demonstrations, lectures, and informal panel discussions. The course will cover:
- Basic knowledge in Mycology including morphological and molecular identifications, typing techniques, antifungal resistance assays...
epidemiology, sexual and asexual reproduction, genome organization, molecular diagnosis and identification, antifungal susceptibility testing, typing methods.
- Common and emerging filamentous fungi and related diseases: species identification, contribution of serology and histopathology, pmathophysiology, epidemiology, role of the labaratory in the diagnosis and monitoring of the patients.
- Common and emerging yeasts and related diseases: species identification, contribution of serology and histopathology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, role of the laboratory in the diagnosis and monitoring of the patients.
- Mucocutaneous mycoses (Candida, Malassezia, dermatophytes).
- Travel and mycoses.
* Full time, March 12, to April 06, 2012 (Examinations included)
* Number of students: 20
* Closing-date for applications: November 15, 2011
Diplomas:
The Institut Pasteur Diploma will be awarded to students having successfully completed the final examination,
This course is run in agreement with the Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6 and Paris-Diderot and a University Diploma may also be granted,
12 ECTS for students registered in Master’s training in Public Health - Pasteur/ Cnam of Public Health
Members of the Teaching Committee:
E. Coeffier (Institut Pasteur), F. Dromer (Institut Pasteur), J. Dupouy-Camet (Faculté de Médecine Paris-Descartes- Hôpital Cochin), J.-P. Gangneux CHU Rennes), D. Garcia Hermoso-Kaiser (Institut Pasteur), O. Lortholary (Université Paris-Descartes, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades et Institut Pasteur), O. Ozier-Kalogeropoulos (Institut Pasteur/ Université P. et M. Curie), C. Parsot (Institut Pasteur), P. Roux* (Université P. et M. Curie), P. Silar* (Université Paris-Diderot Paris 7).* University Representatives
Lecturers:
M. Arendrup (Denmark), J. Bille (Switzerland), T. Boekhout (The Netherlands), S. Bretagne (France), T. Calandra (Switzerland), M. Cuenca (Spain), D.W. Denning (UK), J. Dupont (France), F. Dromer (France), A. van Belkum (The Netherlands), F. Chrétien (France), J.-P. Gangneux (France), D. Garcia-Hermoso (France), J. Guillot (France), R. Hay (UK), W. Hope (UK), C. Klaassen (The Netherlands), O. Lortholary (France), M. Machouart (France), V. Robert (The Netherlands), P. Verweij (The Netherlands).