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Join us!! 7th-9th September 2025 for BSMM annual conference at Norwich Assembly house @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @idiots-pod.bsky.social
#Norwich2025 #BSMM2025 bsmm.org/BSMM_2024/bs...

Professor Joe Jarvis gave an update on the far-reaching effects of cuts to aid budgets, in the UK and the US. See this website for the estimated deaths caused by the partial freeze of the PEPFAR program:

pepfar.impactcounter.com

#mycology2025

Mat Fischer. kicks off #mycology2025 with the question “What if Fungi win?” - and the sobering conclusion that they are too good at drug resistance to lose! Big need for surveillance and stewardship. @youngecmm.bsky.social @matfischer.bsky.social

Fungal biofilms are usually: not just fungal; not just a planar film and not just biological (they may collect heavy metals). Gordon Ramage and Riina Richardson describe the medical challenges of treating fungal biofilms. #mycology2025. @youngecmm.bsky.social

Anna Selmecki shows us how the adaptable Candida pathogen can quickly generate drug resistance gene copy number variations to overcome antifungal efficacy. @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social #mycology2025

Imported Systemic Endemic Mycoses in Spain 1997–2021: An Analysis of a National Hospital Database Background Systemic endemic mycoses are systemic fungal infections typically found in tropical and subtropical regions. Their global incidence is rising, including in nonendemic countries, mainly du...

Imported Systemic Endemic Mycoses in Spain 1997–2021:
An Analysis of a National Hospital Database @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social #Mycoses #openaccess doi.org/10.1111/myc....

Keep the hospital clean: diagnostic performance of ten different molecular and culture-based methods to detect Candidozyma auris #preprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social @westerdijkinst.bsky.social #AmsterdamUMC @ishamycology.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Has the environmental niche of Candidozyma auris finally been found? South African brown locusts, Locustana pardalina, hosts fluconazole resistant Candidozyma (Candida) auris (Clade III) #preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025... @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social

Check out this great general review in Nature on “Fungal impacts on Earth’s Ecosystems - by the CIFAR consortium. @mrccmm.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social @microbita.bsky.social @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social

Large byline with >100 authors

Diagnostic algorithm

Treatment algorithm for candidemia without end organ involvement

New guidelines for diagnosis and management of candidiasis from ECMM in cooperation with @ishamycology.bsky.social and @asm.org

Led by @olivercornely.bsky.social @rosannesprute.bsky.social with contributions from >100 experts

Author link: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... #IDSky

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM Candida species are the predominant cause of fungal infections in patients treated in hospital, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality.…

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: ECMM @youngecmm.bsky.social in cooperation with @ishamycology.bsky.social & ASM.

Big congrats to @olivercornely.bsky.social & @rosannesprute.bsky.social for leading this tremendous team
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Candidiasis World Guidelines of the ECMM
in cooperation with @ishamycology.bsky.social and @asm.org. A privilege to participate in the elaboration of this fundamental guide led by @olivercornely.bsky.social and @rosannesprute.bsky.social. Author Link: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of candidiasis: an initiative of the ECMM in cooperation with ISHAM and ASM Candida species are the predominant cause of fungal infections in patients treated in hospital, contributing substantially to morbidity and mortality. Candidaemia and other forms of invasive candidias...

🌍 New Global Guideline for #Candida Infections 🌍
Team led by @rosannesprute.bsky.social and myself @unicologne.bsky.social: 100+ experts, 35 countries, all UN regions release evidence-based recommendations
@thelancetinfdis.bsky.social: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #FungalInfections #Healthcare

🔬 Are you interested in fluorescence microscopy of fungal pathogens/pathogenesis?
Mycology Bioimaging Intiaitive @mrccmm.bsky.social is thrillied to announce it's first workshop in CapeTown for #African scientists (w/AfricaMicroscopyInitiative)

Please disseminate!
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Exploring SNP filtering strategies: the influence of strict vs soft core Phylogenetic analyses are crucial for understanding microbial evolution and infectious disease transmission. Bacterial phylogenies are often inferred from SNP alignments, with SNPs as the fundamental ...

Some Editors picks from @microbiologysociety.org MGen this week.

Exploring SNP filtering strategies: the influence of strict vs soft core

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Antifungal Prophylaxis for Coccidioidomycosis: How Long Is... : Transplantation An abstract is unavailable.

Very nice commentary by my colleague @dtangestani.bsky.social and Shmuel Shoham about the antifungal prophylaxis against Coccidioidomycosis in SOT. #TxID #IDSky #MedMyc

Visual abstract summarizing the operating characteristics of Mucorales PCR on different samples. Sensitivity (%) / Specificity (%) Tissue 89%/87% FFPE 71%/99% BALF 97%/96% Blood 81%/96%

The Diagnosis of Mucormycosis by PCR: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis

Lottie Brown et al for @ishamycology.bsky.social Fungal PCR Initiative

Sn/Sp of Mucorales PCR on different samples:

Tissue 89%/87%
FFPE 71%/99%
BALF 97%/96%
Blood 81%/96%

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #MedMycoSky #IDSky

Emerging Cases of Cat-Transmitted Sporotrichosis Driven by Sporothrix brasiliensis in Northeast Brazil - Mycopathologia Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis is caused by the emerging fungal pathogen Sporothrix brasiliensis and constitutes a significant public health issue that affects people living in resource-poor urban cen...

Emerging #Sporothrix brasiliensis is fueling a cat-transmitted sporotrichosis #outbreak in Northeast Brazil. Over 1,100 cases identified in Recife's metro region (2016-2021), with zoonotic transmission linked to Rio de Janeiro strains.
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#PublicHealth #Zoonoses

De novo genome assembly and comparative genome analysis of the novel human fungal pathogen Trichosporon austroamericanum type-strain CBS 17435 @westerdijkinst.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @agenciafapesp.bsky.social Preprint at Research Square via doi.org/10.21203/rs....

What is antifungal resistance and why is it important 🤔?

@fhagen.bsky.social was interviewed by NTR Focus.

Here, he discusses:
⭐ The importance of the mycological research at Westerdijk Institute
⭐Why is antifungal resistance a problem?

Interview available on NPO2 on the 20th of February at 20:50