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. 2019 Oct 8;5(4):95. doi: 10.3390/jof5040095
08:00–08:45 Meet the Expert Sessions
08:00 M01 Hematology
Malgorzata Mikulska, FECMM, Italy & Alessandro Busca, Italy
08:00 M02 Peadiatrics
Simone Cesaro, Italy & Adillia Warris, FECMM, UK
08:00 M03 Candida in the ICU
Matteo Bassetti, Italy & Jean-François Timsit, France
08:00 M04 Diagnostics/Laboratory
Alida Talento, Ireland & Michaela Lackner, FECMM, Austria
08:00 M05 Tropical
Arunaloke Chakrabarti, FECMM, India & Rita Oladele, FECMM, Nigeria
09:00–10:00 Plenary Session 2—Highlights on Fungal Biology
Chairs: Vishukumar Aimanianda, France & Don Sheppard, FECMM, Canada
08:50 PS 2.1 Candida
Christophe D’Enfert, France
09:20 PS 2.2 Aspergillus
Agostinho Carvalho, FECMM, Portugal
09:50 PS 2.3* Lineage-Specific Behavioural Differences in Isolates of Candida auris
Andrew Borman, UK
10:30–11:30 Plenary Session 3—One World One Guideline ECMM MSG-ERC (EFISG) ISHAM Guidelines Initiative
Chairs: Martin Hoenigl, FECMM, Austria & John Perfect, USA
10:30 PS3.1 Mucormycosis
Oliver Cornely, FECMM, Germany
10:45 PS3.2 Endemic
George Thompson, USA
11:00 PS3.3 Rare Moulds
Martin Hoenigl, FECMM, Austria
11:15 PS3.4 Rare Yeasts
Sharon Chen, FECMM, Australia
11:30-12:30 Poster Session
14:15-15:45 Parallel Symposia 5–9
Symposium 5 Lung Transplantation
Chairs: Shahid Husain, FECMM, Canada & Paolo Grossi, Italy
14:15 S05.1 Pretransplant Assessment
Blandine Rammaert, France
14:35 S05.2 Pathophysiology and Epidemiology of Invasive Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients
Claire Aguilar, France
14:55 S05.3 Current Guidelines
Shahid Husain, FECMM, Canada
15:15 S05.4 Prophylaxis
John Perfect, USA
15:35 S05.5* From the Lung to the Heart: Fatal Dissemination of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus Fumigatus in a Lung Transplant Patient
Rose-Anne Lavergne, France
Symposium 6 Prophylaxis during Hematology Malignancies
Chairs: Livio Pagano, FEMCC, Italy & Oliver Cornely, FECMM, Germany
14:15 S06.1 AML—in the Era of FLT3 Inhibitors
Russel Lewis, Italy
14:35 S06.2 ALL—There Is a Role for Prophylaxis
Daniel Teschner, Germany
14:55 S06.3 Personalized Medicine/Approach by Genetic Risk Factors
Pierre-Yves Bochud, Switzerland
15:15 S06.4 Baseline CT upon Diagnosis of Acute Leukemia
Stefan Schwartz, Germany
15:35 S06.5* Investigating the Impact of Posaconazole Prophylaxis on Systematic Fungal Screening Using Galactomannan Antigen, Aspergillus qPCR and Mucorales qPCR
Anne-Pauline Bellanger, France
Symposium 7 Paediatric Mycology (EPMyN)
Chairs: Emmanuel Roilides, FECMM, Greece & Roger Brüggemann, FECMM, The Netherlands
14:15 S07.1 Fluconazole and Micafungin Dosing in Neonates
Roger Brüggemann, The Netherlands
14:35 S07.2 Antifungal Susceptibility of Pediatric Candidemia
Zoi-Dorothea Pana, Greece
14:55 S07.3 Primary Immunodeficiencies Characterized by Fungal Infections
Fanny Lanternier, FECMM, France
15:25 S07.5* Isavuconazole use in pediatric hematoncologic patients: the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (AIEOP) experience
Nunzia Decembrino, Italy
Symposium 8 Immunologic Markers for Diagnosis and Treatment Stratification in Invasive Mold Infection
Chairs: Martin Hoenigl, FECMM, Austria & Agostinho Carvalho, FECMM, Portugal
14:15 S08.1 Antimold Immune Response: the Impact of the Host, the Pathogen, and Translational Implications
Agostinho Carvalho, FECMM, Portugal
14:35 S08.2 Immunologic Markers for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis and Other Invasive Mold Infections
Carol Garcia-Vidal, Spain
14:55 S08.3 Immunologic Markers For Treatment Stratification in Invasive Mold Infection
Philipp Köhler, FECMM, Germany
15:15 S08.4 Fungal Translocation: From Persistent Inflammation to Non-AIDS Events
Martin Hoenigl, FECMM, Austria
15:35 S08.5* Immunological Characteristics of Broncho Alveolar Lavage in Neutropenic Patients with Invasive Aspergillosis
Claire Aguilar, France
Symposium 9 Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Chairs: David Denning, FECMM, United Kingdom & Aleksandra Barac, FECMM, Serbia
14:15 S09.1 Effect of Patient Immunodeficiencies on the Diagnostic Performance of Serological Assays to Detect Aspergillus-Specific Antibodies in Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Elizabeth Hunter, UK
14:35 S09.2 Diagnosis of CPA. Where Do We Stand?
Aleksandra Barac, FECMM, Serbia
14:55 S09.3 Current Treatment Options for CPA
David Denning, FECMM, UK
15:15 S09.4 Future Directions
David Denning, FECMM, UK
15:25 S09.5* Raised Amphotericin B MIC in Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Fiona Lynch, UK
16:15–17:45 Parallel Symposia 10–14
Symposium 10 Sensing the Host
Chairs: Muriel Cornet, France & Mihai Mares, FECMM, Romania
16:15 S10.1 S10.1 Cell wall of Aspergillus fumigatus in murine lung tissue
Thierry Fontaine, France
16:45 S10.2 Hybrid Histidine Kinases: Major Sensing Proteins in Pathogenic Fungi
Nicolas Papon, France
17:15 S10.3 Adapting to the Host: How Candida Causes Bloodstream Infection
Oliver Kurzai, Germany
Symposium 11 The Antifungal Pipeline
Chairs: David Denning, FECMM, United Kingdom & Oliver Cornely, FECMM, Germany
16:15 S11.1 Olorofim—A Novel Mould-Active Antifungal (F2G)
John Rex, FECMM, UK
16:40 S11.2 Fosmanogepix: A Novel, Broad Spectrum Antifungal Therapy in Clinical Development (Amplyx)
Michael Hodges, USA
17:05 S11.3 Ibrexafungerp (formerly SCY-078) (Scynexis)
David Angulo, USA
Symposium 12 Environment and Fungal Outbreaks
Chairs: Jean-Pierre Gangneux, FECMM, France & Tom Chiller, USA
16:15 S12.1 Frogs
Matthew Fisher, UK
16:35 S12.2 Cryptococcus gattii
Ferry Hagen, FECMM, The Netherlands
16:55 S12.3 Natural Disasters
Tom Chiller, US
17:15 S12.4 Genomic Sequencing
Marie Desnos, France
17:35 S12.5* Outbreak of Fluconazole-Resistant Candida Parapsilosis in a Hospital Ward: Arguments for Clonal Transmission and Environmental Persistence
Arnaud Fekkar, France
Symposium 13 Fungal Respiratory Infections in Cystic Fibrosis (the ECMM/ISHAM Working Group Fri-CF)
Chairs: Jean-Philippe Bouchara, France & Petr Hamal, Czech Republic
16:15 S13.1 Rasamsonia Species and Other Emerging Fungi in CF
Solène Le Gal, France
16:35 S13.2 Immunodiagnosis of Scedosporium/Lomentospora Infection—Lessons from Immunoproteomic Studies
Andoni Ramirez-Garcia, Spain
16:55 S13.3 Bacterial/Fungal Interactions in the CF Mucus
Françoise Botterel, France
17:15 S13.4* Morphology, Growth, and Biofilm Formation of the Black Yeast-Like Fungus Exophiala dermatitidis is Influenced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa under in Vitro Cystic Fibrosis Conditions
Lisa Kirchhoff, Germany
17:25 S13.6* Study of Antigenic Markers for Serological Detection of Scedosporium spp. in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Leire Martin-Souto, Spain
17:35 Discussion
Symposium 14 Teaching Medical Mycology: What, How, to Whom and When
Chairs: Patricia Muñoz, Spain & Esther Segal, FECMM, Israel
16:15 S14.1 Mycology Teaching in Medical School—How Much, What to Choose, at What Level
Peter Rath, FECMM, Germany
16:35 S14.2 Mycology Teaching in Medical School—Is Student Demography Important to What Should Be Taught?
Ester Segal, FECMM, Israel
16:55 S14.3 Specific Courses Outside the European Continent—The Indian Example
Ruth Ashbee, United Kingdom
17:15 S14.4 Teaching Clinical Laboratory Mycology—How and Who Is the Audience?
Sevtap Arikan-Akdagli, FECMM, Turkey
17:35 S14.5 The African Example
Aude Sturny, France