Fungal Diagnostics: The Future of Clinical Practice

Each scientific session will commence with a case study, followed by a discussion of critical algorithms and flowcharts that can aid in the diagnosis and detection of fungal infections. This information will be invaluable for both clinical microbiology laboratories and physicians managing these infections across various clinical settings.

The following topics will be addressed:

- Algorithms for fungal infections diagnosis and surveillance

- Conventional Mycology

- Molecular Diagnostics with a focus on antifungal resistance testing

- Next-Generation Sequencing

- MALDI-TOF

- Currently available and novel antifungals under development

- Antifungals PK/PD considerations

- The importance of Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (phenotypic and molecular assays to identify resistance)

- Biomarkers, serology and point of care assays

- Cytology/Histopathology

- Novel diagnostic approaches under development