Top papers and TIMM highlights – 2015

National quality assurance for fungal diagnostics

Shila Seaton, Bacteriology Scheme Manager, UK NEQAS for Microbiology, Public Health England

Updating the EORTC/MSG criteria for invasive fungal diseases – inclusion of PCR

Dr. P. Lewis White, Principal Clinical Scientist, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff

Beyond the halo sign – towards pathogen identification using CT-PET

Prof. Dr. Clemens Decristoforo, Radiopharmacist, Univ.Klinik f.Nuklearmedizin, Innsbruck, Austria

The Austrian experience: PCR, GM, BDG, LFD, CT and BAL (plus the kitchen sink!)

Dr. Martin Hoenigl, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Fungal headaches from Barts Health – get your thinking caps on!

Dr. Jonathan Lambourne, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Barts Health NHS Trust, London

Case Presentations: Is there Candida in the fluid? A cluster of cases in solid organ recipients

Dr. Inês Ushiro-Lumb, Lead Clinical Microbiologist for Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, London

From bench to drug discovery – fungal pathogenicity and target identification for A. fumigatus

Dr. Mike Bromley, Lecturer, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester

Gene profiling for new biomarkers for Aspergillus

Dr. Sharleen Braham, Clinical Scientist, King’s College Hospital, London

Nutritional immunity and fungal pathogenesis

Dr. Duncan Wilson, Research Fellow, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen

Antifungal stewardship in haemato-oncology

Prof. Patricia Muñoz, Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain