Invasive Fungal Infections: Host-Pathogen Interaction, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
16 - 17 March 2010, Oslo, Norway
Organizers
Jointly organized by the ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG), the Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee of th European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AFST-EUCAST) and the Nordic Society of Medical Mycology (NSMM).
Course Materials
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16 March 2010
Biological characteristics of medically important fungi:
What is a fungus – in Darwin's perspective. T. Schumacher
Cryptococcus. T. Schumacher
Pneumocystis jirovecii. P. Gaustad
Candida. I. Nordøy
Zygomycetes. E. Roilides
Virulence factors in pathogenic fungi:
Various virulence factors. T. Abrahamsen
Biofilm. G. Ramage
The effect of gliotoxin on T-cells. C. Torp Andersen
The immune response in fungal infection: protective or pathogenic responses?
The first encounter: pathogen recognition. A. Warris
TLR5 and Aspergillus infection. K. Rødland
Presentation not available
Dectin-1 and Dectin-2 receptors and fungi. M. Daws
17 March 2010
Biological characteristics of medically important fungi:
Aspergillus – biological characteristics. D. Denning
The immune response in fungal infection: protective or pathogenic responses?
Cells and cytokines of the innate immune system in fungal infections. E. Roilides
Presentation not available
Immunopathogenesis in Aspergillus infection. D. Denning
The role of platelets in Aspergillus infection. K. Rødland
Presentation not available
T-cells, T. Zelante
Impact of antifungals on the pathogen and the host. P. E. Verweij
Colonisation vs. invasion. P. Gaustad
Colonisation in the neonate. E. Kvadsheim
Presentation not available
Immunotherapy – the future? S.S. Frøland
Presentation not available
Faculty
- T. Abrahamsen, Oslo, Norway
- M. Daws, Oslo, Norway
- D. Denning, Manchester, UK
- S.S. Froland, Oslo, Norway
- P. Gaustad, Oslo, Norway
- E. Kvadsheim, Oslo, Norway
- I. Nordoy, Oslo, Norway
- G. Ramage, Glasgow, UK
- E. Roilides, Thessaloniki, Greece
- K. Rodland, Oslo, Norway
- T. Zelante, Perugia, Italy
- T. Schumacher, Oslo, Norway
- C. Torp Andersen, Oslo, Norway
- P. E. Verweij, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- A. Warris, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Administrative Secretariat
Institute of Medical Microbiology
Rikshospitalet University Hospital
Sognsvannsveien 20
N-0027 Oslo, Norway
Phone +47 230 71100
Fax +47 230 71110
Peter Gaustad
Peter Gaustad
Phone +47 230 71167
Ingvild Nordøy
Ingvild Nordoy
Phone +47 230 71158
Course Objectives
The course will provide participants with a review on biological characteristics, including virulence factors, of the most common medically important fungi. In addition, you are updated on the host immune response to these pathogens and future perspectives will be discussed. This is presented with state-of-the-art lectures combined with shorter, more detailed presentations.
Course Venue
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Sognsvannsveien 20, Oslo, Norway.
This course directly precedes the meeting of the Nordic Society of Medical Mycology.
Target Audience
Medical doctors, scientists, clinical microbiologists or pharmacists, involved in diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of invasive fungal infections. Junior staff members are strongly encouraged to apply.