Diagnosing and Treating Fungal Infections: from Neonates to Adults, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
22 - 24 October 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece
Course Organizers
- ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
- European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
- Hellenic Society of Medical Mycology (HSMM)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Course Objectives
- Review the present knowledge on the microbiology and epidemiology of invasive fungal infections including rare and emerging fungal species
- Review the age-dependent and fungus-specific host immune response to various fungi
- Evaluate conventional methods and new techniques for diagnosis of invasive fungal infections
- Discuss criteria for prophylaxis and treatment of invasive fungal infections
- Discuss interactive relations between the mycology lab and clinic
Course Venue
Aristotle University, 3rd Department of Paediatrics, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Target Audience
20 - 40 trainees in infectious diseases, paediatric infectious diseases or clinical microbiology, neonatologists, paediatricians, internists, other specialists
Contact Person
Dr Paraskevi Panagopoulou
Dept Pediatr Hematology/Oncology
Hippokration Hospital
Konstantinoupoleos 49
54642 Thessaloniki
Greece
Phone +30 2310 892 444
Fax +30 2310 998 921
vivianpa[at]otenet.gr
Course Programme
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Thursday, 22 October 2009
- Host response to fungi: developmental age dependent differences. Emmanuel Roilides
- Invasive fungal infections (microbiology): candidiasis, aspergillosis, zygomycosis, fusariosis and other rare or emerging invasive fungal infections. Cornelia Lass-Flörl & Joseph Meletiadis
Friday, 23 October 2009
- What's new in candidiasis. Theoklis Zaoutis
- Epidemiology of fungal infections in ICU, oncology and surgery departments. George Petrikkos
- Risk factors and clinical aspects of fungal infections in paediatrics. Theoklis Zaoutis
- Conventional and novel modalities of diagnosis and follow-up of fungal infections in neonates and paediatric patients. Thomas J. Walsh
- Pharmacology of antifungal agents in paediatric patients. Andreas Groll
- Invasive candidiasis in the nursery. Paolo Manzoni
- Invasiv aspergillosis in pediatric patients with cancer and HSCT. Andreas Groll
- Candidemia and central venous catheters. Charalampos Antachopoulus
- Primary immunodeficiencies and fungal infections. Adilia Warris
Saturday, 24 October 2009
- Preventive and therapeutic modalities of fungal infections in neonates and children. Adilia Warris
- Antifungal host defences in neonates and paediatric patients and adjunctive therapy. Emmanuel Roilides
- Workshop: diagnosis of different fungi in the lab. Timos Vyzantiadis
