Educational and Teaching Tools - Slide Presentations
General Collection of slides:
An introduction to fungi and Aspergillus in health and disease. Author: Jenny Bartholomew
The extraordinary spectrum of diseases caused by Aspergillus Author: David Denning
Fungal keratitis in man Author: Andrew Tullo, Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK
The Fungal Kingdom - diverse and essential roles in earth's ecosystem
(A REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MICROBIOLOGY)		 Author: Merry Buckley
Alkaptonuria and Aspergillus nidulans Author: Miguel Penalva
An introduction to anti-fungal pharmacology Author: Russell Lewis
Lipid Amphotericin B formulations and Echinocandins Author: Russell Lewis
Invasive Aspergillosis in Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASID 2005) Author: Kasha Singh

View selected slides from the following meetings:
20th ECCMID Vienna, Austria, 10th-13th April, 2010
Aspergillus Resistance mechanisms, Susceptibility testing and breakpoints Author: Maiken Arendrup
Antifungal susceptibility testing. Which method and when? Author: JL Rodriguez-Tudela
Clinical impact of the Blood levels of Azoles Author: Oscar Marchetti
Aspergillus and Aspergillosis: From the Environment to the Patient Author: Jesus Guinea
Do animal models help predict host responses to fungal infections and antifungal treatment? Author: Jill Adler-Moore
4th Advances against Aspergillosis (AAA), Rome, Italy. Feb 4-6th 2010
Aspergillus: nosocomial or community acquired? Author: Philippe Vanhems
Alternative models for studying Aspergilli. Author: Peter Warn
Azole resistance in Aspergillus– is it a problem? Author: Susan Howard
NADPH oxidase: regulator of host defense and inflammation (CGD) Author: Brahm Segal
Clinical Risk Factors for Invasive Aspergillosis Author: John Baddley
Aspergillosis in transplant patients Author: Faouzi Saliba
Invasive Aspergillosis in acute Leukaemias Author: Morena Caira
TB and the rising tide of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis Author: David Denning
Newer Combination Therapies Author: William Steinbach
Genetic susceptibility to Aspergillosis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation Author: Agostinho Carvalho
Aspergillus Endocarditis Author: Joe McCormack
Detection of fungal infections with radiolabelled antifungal agents Author: Antonella Lupetti
Fungal airway infection and proteinase-dependent atopy and asthma: an emerging paradigm Author: David Corry
Primary diagnostic approaches - molecular testing Author:Stephane Bretagne
Role of azole concentration monitoring (TDM) in patient management Author: Eliane Billaud
Surgical infection and outbreaks Author: Malcolm Richardson
Epidemiology and Outcomes of IA in the 21st Century:
Strengths and Weaknesses of Surveillance Databases 		Author: Dionissios Neofytos
47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Oct 29th-Nov 1st 2009
Optimal Prophylaxis:  Case for Fluconazole/ Itraconazole Author: P.H. Chandrasekar
Amphotericin- or Echinocandin-Based Antifungal Prophylaxis Approaches Author: Jo-Anne Young
Aspergillosis in AIDS Author: David Denning
Optimal Antifungal Prophylaxis - the Case for Posaconazole Author: Oliver Cornely
4th Trends in Medical Mycology, Athens, Greece, Oct 18th-21st 2009. View TIMM On-Demand Video Portal here
Primary immunodeficiencies and fungal infections Author: Adilia Warris
Surgical treatment: for whom and when? Author: Gilbert Massard
Epidemiology and surveillance of fungal infections: an overview Author: David Warnock
Imaging Findings in Neutropenic vs. Non- Neutropenic Patients Author: Claus Heussel
Aspergillosis - who gets what, why and when? Author: David Denning
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Antifungal Therapy,why, when and how? Author: Roger Brüggemann
Prophylaxis, Empirical, Pre-emptive Therapy of Aspergillosis in Hematological Patients: Which Strategy? Author: Georg Maschmeyer
In vitro cross-resistance between azoles inAspergillus fumigatus: a reason for concern in the clinic? Author: Emilia Mellado
PCR-where have we gone? Author: Manuel Cuenca-Estrella
New Developments and Challenges in Diagnostics of Invasive Fungal Infections? Author: O Marchetti
Fungal infections in COPD Author: W Meersseman
Invasive mycoses in cystic fibrosis and lung transplant Author: Elio Castagnola
Intrapulmonary drug distribution & pharmacodynamic interactions of antifungal drugs with host cells Author: Russell E Lewis
The association between environment and fungal disease Author: Malcolm Richardson
Educational resources on the internet Author: M. Richardson & P. Donnelly
Indoor fungi and climate change Author: Robert Samson
Voriconazole vs Itraconazole for Primary Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal Infection (IFI) in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients Author: David Marks
Prevention of invasive fungal infections in solid organ transplant recipients:
Universal or Targeted Prophylaxis?		 Author: Paolo Grossi
Infocus VIII Forum de Infeccoes Fungicas na Pratica Clinica Aug 20 -22 2009
Classical Mycology -we still need the basics Author: Patricio Godoy
Galactomannan testing: lessons from the last decade Author: Claudio Viscoli
Radiology of pulmonary invasive fungal infections Author: Dante L Escuissato
What are we looking at? Challenges in the diagnosis of Invasive Mould Diseases Author: A Pasqualotto
Invasive aspergillosis in patients taking steroids Author: A Pasqualotto
Monitoring antifungal treatment response in neutropenic patient with aspergillosis
Author: Clovis Arns da Cunha
Can we rely on imaging and biomarkers for pre-emptive antifungal therapy in hematological patients? Author: Claudio Viscoli
First line therapy for IA Author: Claudio Viscoli
Discussion and analysis of the major trials in invasive aspergillosis Author: David Denning
Diagnosis of Fungemia using Molecular Methods Author: Analy Salles
Antifungal Pharmacodynamics - A strategy to Optimize Efficacy
Author: David Andes
Aspergillus sinusitis in paediatric case with AML (with videos) Author: Raphaella Migliavacca
Is azole resistance increasing amongst Aspergillus species?
 Author: Cornelia Lass-Florl
British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology June 29th - 1st July
Concepts in rhinosinusitis Author : Nick Jones
Differential diagnosis of rhinosinusitis Author: Hesham Saleh
ISHAM Tokyo May 25-29 2009
Transcription profiling of A fumigatus laeA in the murine lung Author : William Nierman
Factors influencing the Aspergillus fumigatus survival into the host, mediated by the calcineurin pathway. Author: Gustavo Goldman
Fungal infections in patients with hematological malignancies: advances in diagnosis and prevention Author: Yoshinobu Kanda
Should we monitor plasma levels of antifungal agents? Author: David Andes
Animal models in preclinical trials of aspergillosis Author: Karl Clemons
Fungal infections in non-neutropenic patients - CPA Author: Koichi Izumikawa
Filamentous fungal infections and the role of amphotericin B Author: David Denning
Fungal rhinosinusitis - a categorization and definitional schema Author: David Denning
Are fungi responsible for chronic sinusitis? Author:Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Antifungal therapy for children Author:Andreas Groll
Pharmacokinetics of antifungal agents in pediatric patients Author: Andreas Groll
Aspergillosis of the dog and cat Author: Rui Kano
Aspergillosis in wild and captive birds in Japan Author: Tokuma Yanai
Aspergillosis in breeding turkeys Author: Jacques Guillot
British Mycological Society, 6-8 April 2009
Sick building syndrome Author : Brian Crook
The role of fungi in respiratory allergies Author : David Denning
18th ECCMID Barcelona, Spain. 19-22 April 2008
How to define response in clinical trials? Author : Ben de Pauw
Hospital water and invasive fungal infection Author : Peter Gaustad
Evolving Invasive Fungal Infections-What Are The Reasons and Implications For The change Author : Dimitrios Kontoyiannis
Management of confirmed aspergillosis Author : Oliver Cornely
Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in Immunosuppressed Hosts with Opportunistic Infections Author : Nina Singh, M.D
3rd Advances against Aspergillosis Miami USA. January 16-19 2008
Proteome analysis for pathogenicity and new diagnostic markers Author: Olaf Kniemeyer
Conventional or molecular measurement of Aspergillus load Author: Karl Clemons
Neutrophils and Damage During Invasive Aspergillosis:
Superoxide and STAT3		 Author: Steven Holland
Granulocyte products act as alarmins to enhance innate and adaptive immunity Author: De Yang
Stage-specific Innate Immune Recognition of Aspergillus fumigatus and Modulation by Echinocandin Drugs Author: Tobias Hohl
Invasive aspergillosis in steroid-treated patients Author: Dimitrios Kontoyiannis
Difference in Invasive Aspergillosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Author: Shahid Husain
Aspergillosis - Invasive disease in patients with leukemia Author: Johan Maertens
Diagnostic Imaging in Experimental Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Author: Thomas Walsh
Sexual structures in Aspergillus- morphology importance and genomics Author: David Geiser
Chitin synthases of aspergilli: functions of tip growth and morphogenesis in aspergillus nidulans Author: Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Controversies surrounding categorization of fungal sinusitis Author: Arunaloke Chakrabarti

Canine sino-aspergillosis parallels with human disease

 Author: Michael Day
Allergic Fungal Sinusitis Author: Mark Schubert
Antifungal treatment of severe asthma Author: David Denning
The species concept in Aspergillus: recommendations of an international workshop Author: Robert Samson
MLST versus Microsatellites Author: Corne Klaassen
Comparison of the two sequenced clinical isolates of A. fumigatus Author: Natalie Fedorova
Cultivated anti-Aspergillus TH1 Cells Author: Thomas Lehrnbecher
Host response signatures to invasive aspergillosis Author: Teresa Zelante
Prophylaxis Limitations:  Challenges in the Management of Invasive Aspergillosis Author: Pranatharti Chandrasekar
Interactive case studies: improving clinical outcomes on invasive aspergillosis Author: Nina Singh
Role of (1-3)-beta-D-glucan in the diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis Author: Francisco Marty
Sick Building Syndrome: Is Mould the Cause? Author: Abba Terr
Cerebral Aspergillosis: Tissue Penetration is the Key Author: Stefan Schwartz
Differences in the immunobiology of Aspergillus colonization and
ABPA		 Author: Jay Kolls
Asthma and its phenotypes Author: Sally Wenzel
Regulation of immunity in bronchiectasis and ABPA Author: Rosemary Boyton
Mechanisms behind the CF-ABPA link Author: Dominik Harti
Clinical Trial Design for Mould–active Agents: 
Time to Break the Mold 		Author: Elias Anaissie
Aspergillus and Biotechnology Author: Scott Baker
Subtelomeric Diversity as a Major Force in Evolution of Aspergillus Secondary Metabolism and Virulence Pathways Author: Bill Nierman
What do we know about the role of gliotoxin in pathobiology of Aspergillus Author: June Kwong-Chung
Biofilm formation by Aspergillus Author: Gordon Ramage
Interaction of Aspergillus with human respiratory mucosa Author: Ryoichi Amitani
TIMM 3rd Trends in Medical Mycology
Fungal infections in COPD Author: Wouter Meersseman
Fungal infections in cystic fibrosis Author: Elio Castagnola
Molecular diagnostics beyond PCR Author: Maurizio Sanguinetti
New immunosuppressive agents as risk factors for fungal infections Author:George Maschmeyer
Invasive mycoses in the brain Author: Livio Pagano
Aspergillus in the non-neutropenic host Author: Jorge Garbino
Combination antifungal therapy Author: Jack Edwards
Design of Clinical Trials for Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections Author: John Powers
47th ICAAC Chicago September 17-20th 2007
New Immunomodulators and Invasive Fungal Infections Author: Jo-Anne H. Young & Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
Clinical relevance of resistance in Aspergillus Author: David Denning
Epidemiology of Invasive Fungal Infections in Children Author: Theoklis Zaoutis
Treatment Guidelines for Invasive Aspergillosis Author: Thomas Patterson
Antifungal Drugs in Neonates and Children Author: William Steinbach
Detecting and defining resistance Author: Paul Verweij
Aspergillus systematics in the genomics era: CBS Fungal biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands from 12-14 April 2007.
Regulatory aspects of aspergillus nomenclature Author: Piet van Dijck
The importance of aspergilli in biotechnology Author: Piet van Dijck
Mating type and species recognition in the aspergilli Author: Paul Dyer
Biodiversity of aspergillus sp. nigri from grapes in Europe Author: Giancarlo Perrone
Aspergillus DNA barcoding –progress so far Author: Janos Varga et al
New taxa in the Aspergillus genus Author: Janos Varga et al
Aflatoxin biosynthesis and regulation Author: Kenneth Ehrlich
Genetic diversity in A. flavus (S & L) Author: Kenneth Ehrlich
Experience from the yeast database Author: Vincent Robert
Ochratoxin A in profiling and speciation Author: F Javier Cabanes
Dynamics of dsRNA mycoviruses in black Aspergillus populations Author: Anne van Diepeningen
Genome sequencing and analysis of the versatile cell factory
Aspergillus niger 		Author: Noël van Peij
Species delimitation in Aspergillus Section Fumigatus based on polyphasic taxonomy Author: Seung-Beom Hong
het-genes in Aspergillus niger Author: Karoly Pal
New York Academy of Sciences: Invasive aspergillosis - New approaches against a dangerous fungal infection.
Five talks - powerpoint slides and audio presentations -David Denning; Kieren Marr; Thomas Walsh; jean-Paul Latge; Gordon Brown
ICAAC 2006 Sept 27-30, San Francisco
Aspergillosis: New risk groups Author: Maiken Cavling Arendrup
Early Diagnosis and Pre-emptive Therapy of Fungal Pneumonia in High Risk Patients: Current Thinking Author: Kieren Marr
Author: David Denning
Author: Johan Maertens
ISHAM 2006 June 25-29, Paris 2006
Author:
Jean-Philippe Bouchara
Author: Jacques Guillot
Aspergillus sinusitis Author: David Denning
Author: David Denning
16th ECCMID April 1-4 2006 Nice, France
Current recommendations for the prevention of nosocomial infection: are they applicable to moulds? Author:Rosemary Barnes
Postoperative Aspergillosis Author: Alessandro C. Pasqualotto
Infections in non-myeloablative « Reduced intensity conditioning » stem cell transplant. Author: Catherine Cordonnier
2nd Advances Against Aspergillosis February 22-25, 2006 Athens, Greece
Global control of Aspergillus fumigatus Toxins Author: Nancy Keller
Aspergillus fumigatus - Growth and virulence Author: Judith Rhodes
Invasive Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients
A New 21th Century Problem? 		Author: Koenraad Vandewoude
ABPA and Asthma fungal sensitisation (20 Mb)
 Author: Alan Knutsen
Aspergillosis in the USA, UK and Japan in 20th Century Author: David Denning
Allergen Genomics Author: Paul Bowyer
AFRS: Current Approaches to Postoperative Management Author: Bradley Marple
Managing Drug Interactions in the Patient with Aspergillosis Author: Russell E. Lewis
Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis:
Polyenes, Azoles, Echinocandins? 		Author: Tom Patterson
Critique of trials in ABPA and fungal allergy Author: Richard Moss
Status of susceptibility testing in Aspergillus Author: Cornelia Lass-Flörl
PCR -platforms strengths and weaknesses Author: Lewis White
Invasive aspergillosis: Elucidation of genetic risk factors for disease Author: Aimee Zaas
The impact of environmental fungi on housing and building design Author: Martin Chapman
Airborne fungal fragments and allergenicity Author: Brett Green
Whole genome comparison of A. flavus and A. oryzae Author: Gary Payne
What's new in the Aspergillus niger genome? Author: Scott Baker
Whole genome comparison of A. fumigatus group Author: Jennifer Wortman
Toll-like receptors: recent advances, open questions and implications for aspergillosis control. Author: Frank Ebel
Presentations from Trends in Medical Mycology, Berlin, October 2005
Update on Glucan detection Author: Malcolm Richardson
Fungal Infections in Cancer Patients
Author: Georg Maschmeyer
Update on antigen detection Author: Paul Verweij
History of Medical Mycology in Germany Author: Markus Ruhnke
Invasive aspergillosis : Update on conventional diagnosis Author: Jacques Bille
Presentations from British Mycological Society, Annual Scientific Meeting 2005. EXPLOITATION OF FUNGI , University of Manchester: September 5-8 2005
What can genomics tell us about secondary metabolism in Aspergillus Author: Geoffrey Turner
Genome and proteomic analysis of industrial fungi Author: Scott E. Baker
The use of RNAi to suppress gene function in industrial fungi Author: Nigel S. Dunn-Coleman
Presentations from the Anglo-Celtic debate, Dublin 2005, sponsored by Pfizer
The importance of early appropriate therapy of invasive aspergillosis Author: Helen Boucher
Latest developments in the treament of invasive aspergillosis Author: William Steinbach
Getting to the diagnosis of aspergillosis-tests and their interpretation Author: David Denning
Presentations from the Focus on Fungal Infections 14 meeting, New Orleans, March 2004
Combination Anti-fungal therapy: current concepts, lab investigations and clinical trials. Author: Tom Walsh
The hodge-podge of azole antimyotics: Prudent choices and uses Author: John Perfect
Treatment of invasive mycoses in the European Community: Contrasts and comparisone with American clinical practice. Author: Paul Verweij
What beneficial role may the laboratory play involving aspergillosis - isolation, identification, serologic diagnoses, susceptibility testing, epidemiology? Author: Dimitrios Kontoyiannis
Management of invasive aspergillosis Author: David Denning
Management of allergic aspergillosis Author: David Stevens
Presentations from The Aspergillus workshop at the 7th European Conference of Fungal Genetics, Copenhagen, April 2004
The comparative genomics of Aspergilli. Author: William Nierman, TIGR
Microtubules and polarized growth in Aspergillus nidulans Author: Reinhard Fischer, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
The evolution of Aspergillus species Author: David Geiser, Penn State University, USA
Presentations from the 1st AAA meeting, San Francisco, September 2004
Advances in the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis Author: Paul Verweij
What the Aspergillus Genomes have told us Author: William Nierman
Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis Author: David Denning
Microscopic Observation and Culture of Aspergillus species:
The Traditional Way		 Author: Nancy McClenny
Paediatric Aspergillosis: New Findings and Unique Aspects Author: William Steinbach
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