The Belgian Society of Human and Animal Mycology (BSHAM) and the French Society for Medical Mycology / Société Française de Mycologie Médicale (SFMM) are proud to present a two-day joint meeting dedicated to the latest in medical mycology. We will be happy to welcome you at Thagaste, a historic location in the middle of Ghent, Belgium.
Final program
You can find the slides from selected presentations below.
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Start @ 13: Lunch
14:00 Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of invasive fungal diseases in paediatric patients. Andreas Groll (30´)
14:30 Latest update about MALDI-TOF MS. Pierre Becker and Anne-Cécile Normand (30´)
15:00 Oral presentations from selected abstracts (10 min each)
- Mart Sillen
- Sacheli Rosalie
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Oral presentations from selected abstracts (10’ each)
- Emilie de Muynck
- Karine Lecointe
- Hans Carolus
16:30 Grand Round – discussion of submitted clinical cases with panel of experts from both countries (60´)
- Panel: Katrien Lagrou, Dirk Vogelaers, Boualem Sendid, Johan Maertens, Olivier Lortholary
- Cases presented by Hennequin Christophe, Hélène Guegan, Lore Vanderbeke (20 minutes each)
Friday, 01 April 2022
Welcome @ 8:30
9:00 Triazole resistance in fungi
- Molecular epidemiology of triazole resistance & role of the environment on triazole resistance in filamentous fungi. Paul Verweij (30’)
- Impact of triazole resistance during chronic aspergillosis. Christophe Hennequin (15’)
- Impact of triazole resistance in invasive aspergillosis. Johan Maertens (15’)
- Discussion (10’)
10:10 Candida biology and relevance for clinical practice. Patrick Van Dijck (20´)
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Hot topics in de field of mycology
- What do we know about the fungal mycobiome. Cécile Angebault (30’).
- Management approach for invasive aspergillosis in ICU: prophylaxis versus early diagnosis. Martin Hoenigl and Jean-Pierre Gangneux (30’)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Oral presentations from selected abstracts
- Bive Zono
13: 40 Short communications
14:00 What did we learn about Pneumocystis jirovecii?
- Transmission. Solène Le Gal (15’)
- Consensus definitions. Toine Mercier (15’)
- New diagnostic methods. Maud Gits-Muselli (15’)
- Infections in haematology and solid organ transplant patients. Maya Hites (15’)
- Association with respiratory distress syndrome in preterm newborn infants. Enrique Calderon (15’)
- Discussion (15´)
15h30 Final words