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ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) @efisg-escmid.bsky.social · 9d
#EFISG webinars and more...

www.clinicalsurveys.net/uc/EFISG_web...

2025
18/11, +@ESGAP_ABS Antifungal stewardship
11–12/12, XII Mycological Forum🇪🇸
16/12, Dermatophytes dx and tx
17/12, Dengue in hem/onc
22/12, IDWeek and CHEST hightlights

2026
20/01, Taxonomy
17/01, Point-of-care dx
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TOMORROW 📅 15:00 CET ESGAP + EFISG WEBINAR

Let’s go mushrooming! – An antifungal stewardship talk show

🎤
L. Bussini, IT – AF stewardship in immunosuppressed patients
L. Kriegl, AT – AF stewardship in the era of new agents

🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reposted by ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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Our joint ISAC / ESCMID webinar tackled challenges from the WHO #Fungal Priority Pathogen List:
✅ Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus
✅ Antifungal resistance in Candida
✅ Urgent need for better diagnostics & management
🎥 Watch now youtu.be/MCRZ5OAaZaE
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November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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#EFISG webinars and more...

www.clinicalsurveys.net/uc/EFISG_web...

2025
18/11, +@ESGAP_ABS Antifungal stewardship
11–12/12, XII Mycological Forum🇪🇸
16/12, Dermatophytes dx and tx
17/12, Dengue in hem/onc
22/12, IDWeek and CHEST hightlights

2026
20/01, Taxonomy
17/01, Point-of-care dx
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Reposted by ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)
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🆕British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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🧫 Excited to announce the @escmid.bsky.social -@efisg #MobileLab fungal workshops at #ESCMIDGlobal2026!

Hands-on sessions for beginners & advanced mycology (Apr 20–21).

Onsite only, €50 members/€75 non-members.

Max 20 participants/session.

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ESCMID Mobile Lab
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November 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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🇨🇴 New @efisg-escmid.bsky.social study... Diagnostic and therapeutic capacity for fungal infections in #Colombia

Findings show critical inequities in access to mycology labs, antifungal drugs, and @who.int-recommended diagnostics.

Full study 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🧫 Dive into fungi with #EFISG! 🌍

Join our next free webinars 👇

🍄Nov 18, 15:00 CET, Antifungal stewardship
💅Dec 16, 15:00 CET, Dermatophytes
🧬Jan 20, 11:00 CET, Taxonomy
🔬Feb 17, 15:00 CET, Point-of-care diagnostics

🔗 Register: www.clinicalsurveys.net/uc/EFISG_web...
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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🧫 Got a fungal meeting coming up?

🗓️ @efisg-escmid.bsky.social is building a calendar of scientific events — and we need input!

Share details of your upcoming conferences and help us grow the network 🌍👇

🔗 www.clinicalsurveys.net/uc/fungal_conferences/

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November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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@efisg-escmid.bsky.social news...

#Fluco-R #Candida_parapsilosis is a growing threat in hospitals.

In a #multicenter matched cohort study, #echinocandins and #LAmB showed comparable outcomes for bloodstream infections

journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....

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October 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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*Webinar Alert*
WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens List

📅 3 Nov 2025 | 🕚 11:00–12:30 CET
Explore global challenges in fungal diagnostics & resistance with experts from ISAC & ESCMID

🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/5n84ecaf
#FungalInfections #AntifungalResistance
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October 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Oncoming EFISG webinars!

Oct 15 – Fungal typing genomics
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Dec 16 – Dermatophyte dx + tx
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Jan 20 – Fungal nomenclature Register
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Feb 17 – Point-of-care diagnostics
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October 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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#Invasive_fungal_infection course 🦠 @Mic_Inf_Maranon (Madrid)

📅 Oct 1–2, 2025 | 🕓 16:00–19:30 CET

🔗 Free online registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Curso: Micosis Invasoras Hospitalarias. 1 y 2 de octubre de 2025
En horario de 16:00 a 19:30. El contenido del programa se estructura en torno a presentaciones de actualización sobre infecciones fúngicas, sus métodos diagnósticos y los tratamientos presentes y futu...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🔬 Next #EFISG webinar | Oct 15, 15:30 CET
Cracking the Code: Typing Fungi in the Genomic Era 🧬🍄

🎙️ FTIR & fungal typing – Maurizio Sanguinetti
🎙️ WGS & resistant Candida parapsilosis – Jesus Guinea

👉 Don’t miss it!

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFISG: Cracking the Code: Typing Fungal Pathogens in the Genomic Era. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
15 October 2025 (Wednesday); time: 15.00 CET – 16.30 CET Introduction: Amelia Barber Speaker 1: "The Heat is On: Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) Sheds New Light on Fungal Typing" - Ma...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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🦷➡️🦠 Odontogenic-onset mucormycosis (OOM) is on the rise!

📍 Case series from North India reports 5 patients
⚠️ Unique entry point, distinct features
👩‍⚕️ Dental practitioners: stay alert + keep it aseptic!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Odontogenic-onset mucormycosis: A case series from a tertiary care institute in North India
Mucormycosis is an angio-invasive, opportunistic fungal infection, which usually affects individuals with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. While r…
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September 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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We finally got a WhatsApp channel 🎉

Come for the updates, stay for the vibes 👉

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September 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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🗓️ TOMORROW | 15:00 CET - Deadly fungal infections in HIV

🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

O. Lortholary,FR – Cryptococcus, Pneumocystis and Talaromyces
A. Estévez,ES – Rare fungal infections in HIV
C. Oprea,RO – Clinical cases

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September 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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🧪New @efisg-escmid.bsky.social study!

How 🇧🇪🇳🇱🇱🇺 diagnose and treat invasive #fungal infections

🔬 PCR, GM, MALDI-TOF MS, triazoles and more—big 🇧🇪 vs 🇳🇱 differences in diagnostics & access

📊 Must-read!

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🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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ESCMID‐EFISG Survey on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Capacity for Invasive Fungal Infections in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg: A Focus on High Azole Resistance
Introduction Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are a major clinical challenge, particularly in immunocompromised patients, and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. With the increasing pr.....
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July 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Upcoming🔊 ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group webinar- Under the Radar: Addressing IFIs Diagnostic Gaps in LMICs
🗓️ 23 July 2025
🕒 15:30-17:00 CET/ 19:00-20:30 (India)
Speakers: Arghadip Samaddar & Rita Oladele
Chairs: Bassey Ekeng, Anupma Kindo
💻Free registration 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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🚨 #Antifungal #prophylaxis in #SOT patients is evolving—but not uniformly.

A new survey by @efisg-escmid.bsky.social @ESGICH @SITA @seimc.bsky.social @gesitraic-seimc.bsky.social sheds light on how prophylaxis is actually being used in transplant centers.

👇👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Current trends on antifungal prophylaxis in solid organ transplantation: a study from ESCMID-EFISG, ESCMID-ESGICH, SITA, and SEIMC-GESITRA-IC - Infection
Introduction Invasive fungal diseases (IFD) present serious risks to solid organ transplant recipients, particularly in the first 180 days post-transplant. Existing European and US guidelines offer li...
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July 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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TOMORROW June 17th, 15.30 CET
#EFISG_webinar with @jorgeamich.bsky.social

Toward the consensus of definitions for the phenomena of antifungal tolerance and persistence in filamentous fungi

FREE REGISTRATION: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Next Tuesday I am giving a @efisg-escmid.bsky.social webinar to explain our proposed definitions for the phenomena of antifungal tolerance and persistence in filamentos fungi, and provide guidelines for their detection and quantification

Sign up here if interested👇

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Toward the consensus of definitions for the phenomena of antifungal tolerance and persistence in filamentous fungi. After registering, you will receive a co...
Organised by EFISG
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June 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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@efisg #Webinar

JUNE 2025 | Battling Candida auris

June 11 | 15:00 CET
🎙️Infection prevention and control: @ElisabethPresterl, Vienna🇦🇹

🎙️Protecting patients with clean air: @ChristinePeters, Glasgow🇬🇧

🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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June 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🔥 Hot off the press from @efisg_escmid!

#Candida endocarditis — rare, deadly (⚰️ up to 49% mortality), and still full of challenges:

🫀 Imaging
💊 Antifungals
😷 Surgery

Read the latest review 👇

www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119...

#IDTwitter #FungalInfections
Candida Endocarditis: current perspectives on diagnosis and therapy
Candida infective endocarditis (CIE) is a rare but potentially devastating condition. Although it accounts for only 1-1.5% of infective endocarditis cases, CIE carries a high mortality rate (36-49%) a...
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Candida Endocarditis: current perspectives on diagnosis and therapy

Ben-Ami Ronen, Bassetti Matteo, Bouza Emilio, Kosman Alex, Vena Antonio on behalf of @efisg-escmid.bsky.social

www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119... #MedMycoSky #IDSky
Candida Endocarditis: current perspectives on diagnosis and therapy
Candida infective endocarditis (CIE) is a rare but potentially devastating condition. Although it accounts for only 1-1.5% of infective endocarditis cases, CIE carries a high mortality rate (36-49%) a...
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Coming up from @escmid.bsky.social #EFISG – May 2025 Webinar

Post-mortem fungal diagnosis: Culture, non-culture, pathology, and public health

May 28 | 16:00 CET

🎙 Jean-Pierre Gangneux 🇫🇷, Mycology
🎙 Marta Cohen 🇬🇧, Pathology
🎙 Malcolm Richardson 🇬🇧, Public Health

🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM