Workshop: Algorithm-based diagnosis of fungal infections in clinical pratice

This postgraduate workshop is intended for for 50-100 participants including physicians and trainees in infectious disease, critical care, transplantation, haemato-oncology, dermatology, pediatrics, and other clinical specialties dealing with fungal infections, Clinical microbiology laboratory directors/consultants, CPEP microbiology fellows, Clinical laboratory scientists (diagnostic microbiology/mycology), PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers, Scientists from infectious disease in vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry or pharmaceutical companies who want to improve their knowledge and understanding in the area of Fungal Diagnostics.

Course Objectives: To provide a comprehensive, and detail-oriented primer or refresher on the currently available approaches, challenges and solutions in diagnosis of fungal infections in different clinical settings. The antifungal susceptibility and resistance testing will be also discussed. In addition, we will provide scientific evidence on importance of fungal disease laboratory screening and infection prevention.