Fungal Diagnostics Workshop - Algorithm-based Diagnosis of Fungal Infections

May 20, 2025

7:30 Arrival and Registration

7:45 Opening of the course, welcome, introduction | Amir Seyedmousavi & Darius Armstrong-James

Session 1. Chair: Masoud Mardani, Flavio De Queiroz Telles Filho  

8:00 Lecture 1. | Fungal infections and diseases (including Microsporidia and PJP) in normal and abnormal hosts and the underlying risk factors 

Ilan Schwartz (USA)  

8:20 Lecture 2 | Diagnostic mycology in practice, fungal nomenclature, emerging fungal pathogens 

Amir Seyedmousavi (USA)  

8:40 Lecture 3 | Early diagnosis of aspergillosis and rare molds (Fusarium Scedosporium) using algorithm-based diagnosis  

Juan Gea-Banacloche (USA)  

9:00 Lecture 4 | Diagnosis of Candidiasis and rare yeasts  

Maiken Arendrup (Denmark)  

9:20 Lecture 5 | Routine Mycology Laboratory Workups (Yeast vs. Molds, Diagnostics vs. Surveillance)  

Hein van der Lee (Netherlands)  

9:40 Q &A  

9:55-10:10 Comfort Break

Session 2. Chairs: Mohammad Hedayati, Nicolas Barros  

10:10 Lecture 6. | Diagnosis of Mucorales and Melanized fungi  

Shivaprakash Rudramurthy (India)  

10:30 Lecture 7 | Diagnosis of Cryptococcosis and Pneumocystosis  

Zeynab Yassin (Iran)  

10:50 Lecture 8 | Diagnosis of Coccidioidomycoses and Endemic Dimorphs  

Nicolas Barros (USA)  

11:10 Lecture 9 | Antifungals in clinical Practice and importance of resistance detection  

Masoud Mardani (Iran)  

11:30 Lecture 10 | Point of care diagnostic assays  

Darius Armstrong-James (UK)  

11:50 Q & A

Session 3. Chairs: Amir Seyedmousavi (USA) & Darius Armstrong-James (UK)  

- 12:00-12:30: General Assembly Meeting of Fungal Diagnostics Working Group and Selection of Board Members for 2025-2028 during ISHAM 2025.

Date: Tuesday, 20th May

Time: 08:00 AM– 12:30 PM

This session will focus on algorithm-based diagnosis methods for identifying fungal infections, as part of the upcoming ISHAM 2025 conference.

Please register for ISHAM 2025 to attend the pre-congress course on algorithm-based diagnosis of fungal infections in clinical practice.

The workshop language will be English, focusing on topics such as algorithm-based diagnosis of fungal infections in preparation for ISHAM 2025.