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. 2019 Oct 8;5(4):95. doi: 10.3390/jof5040095
09:00 ECMM Council Meeting
12:25 Welcome Address
12:45–13:45 Plenary Session 1—Tropical
Chairs: Jean-Pierre Gangneux, FECMM, France & Olivier Lortholary, France
12:45 PS1.1 Histoplasmosis
Matthieu Nacher, France
13:15 PS 1.2 Emergomycosis
Nelesh Govender, FECMM, South Africa
13:45–15:15 Parallel Symposia 1–4
Symposium 1 Water Quality (Mis-)Management—An Opportunity for Fungal Contamination
Chairs: João Brandão, Portugal & Esther Segal, FECMM, Israel
13:45 S01.1 Fungal Contaminants in Drinking Water Regulation? A Tale of Ecology, Exposure, Purification, and Clinical Relevance
Monica Novak Babič, Slovenia
14:05 S01.2 Hospital Environment: Water Supply and Containment of Aerosolised Fungal Particles
How Far Must We Go in Times of Antimicrobial Resistance?
Raquel Sabino, FECMM, Portugal
14:25 S01.3 Potential Transmission Pathways of Clinically Relevant Fungi in Indoor Swimming Pool Facilities
Ciska Schets, the Netherlands
14:45 S01.4* Study of Fungal Environmental Contamination in Nests of the Penguin Enclosure of a Large French Animal Zoo Park
Guillaume Desoubeaux, France
14:55 S01.5* Spectrum of Indoor Fungi Isolated from Indoor Environments in Busia—Kenya
Olga Mashedi, Kenya
Symposium 2 Pneumocystis jirovecii, an Airborne Transmissible and Human-Derived Ascomycete Showing Strong Pulmonary Tropism
Chairs: Philippe Hauser, Switzerland & Gilles Nevez, France
13:45 S02.1 Pneumocystis jirovecii: An Obligate Parasite of Human Lungs with Unique Camouflage and Sex Strategies
Philippe Hauser, Switzerland
14:10 S02.2 High-Throughput Methodologies in Molecular Epidemiology of Pneumocystis
Jirovecii Olga Matos, Portugal
14:35 S02.3 Airborne Acquisition and Transmission of Pneumocystis jirovecii: An Update
Gilles Nevez, France
15:00 S02.5* Does Pneumocystis jirovecii Infection Aggravate the Prognosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis? Data from the RESSIF Network in France (2012–2016)
Florence Robert-Gangneux, France
Symposium 3 Mucormycosis
Chairs: Fanny Lanternier, FECMM, France & Arunaloke Chakrabarti, FECMM, India
13:45 S03.1 Hospital-Related Mucormycosis
Anna Skiada, Greece
14:00 S03.3 The New Treatment of Mucormycosis
Livio Pagano, FECMM, Italy
14:15 S03.4 Clinical Features Associated to Fungal Species
Dea Garcia Hermoso, France
14:30 S03.5 Molecular diagnosis
Laurence Millon, France
14:45 S03.6 Management of Mucormycosis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Arunaloke Chakrabarti, FECMM, India
15:00 Discussion
Symposium 4 MSG Symposium (Trial Design in Clinical Mycology: Innovative Approaches)
Chairs: Peter Pappas, USA & Sharon Chen, FECMM, Australia
13:45 S04.1 Candidiasis
Bart-Jan Kullberg, The Netherlands
14:05 S04.2 Endemic Mycoses
George Thompson, USA
14:25 S04.3 Cryptococcosis
David Boulware, USA
14:45 S04.4 Aspergillosis and other molds
Tom Patterson, USA
15:05 S04.5* The Lung Transplant Community Is Interested in a Clinical Trial to Determine the Optimal Strategy to Prevent Invasive Mold Disease
Ricardo La Hoz, USA
18:30 EDL E. Drouhet Lecture (ECMM)
Chair: Martin Hoenigl, FECMM, Austria
How to Convince European institutions that Medical Mycology is a Major Science
Jean-Paul Latgé, France