Fungal Dx 2024: Fungal Diagnostics in Clinical Practice

Each scientific session will start with a case study followed by discussion of critical algorithms/flowcharts that can be used for diagnosis and detection of fungal infections, useful for both clinical microbiology laboratories and physicians managing these infections in different clinical settings.

Below list of topics will be discussed:

•  Algorithms for diagnosis and surveillance of fungal infections 
• Conventional Mycology
• Molecular Diagnostics
• Next-Generation Sequencing
• MALDI-TOF
• Currently available and novel antifungals under development
• Antifungals PK/PD considerations
• 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 developments