Medical mycology

Description

Training is provided through bench works, lectures and panel discussions and will cover :

> Technical aspects: choice of media, slide cultures, storage of isolates, molecular diagnosis and identification (PCR, qPCR, sequencing, MALDI-TOF), typing techniques (microsatellite, MLST), antifungal susceptibility testing (CLSI/EUCAST microbroth dilution methods, commercially available tests), antigen/antibody detection, histopathology.

> Practical aspects: spectrum of action and pharmacokinetics/dynamics of antifungal drugs, role of the laboratory in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients (direct examination, histopathology, antigen detection, antifungal susceptibility testing results, qPCR …), limitation and use of public and specific databases for molecular identification, discussion of clinical cases.

> Fungal aspects: sexual and asexual reproduction, phylogeny, species identification, resistance mechanisms.

> Medical aspects: Pathogenic concepts, epidemiology, diagnosis criteria for infections due to common and emerging yeasts or filamentous fungi (including invasive and mucocutaneous infections, endemic mycoses), principles of therapeutic management, practical guidelines.

Testimonial (video)