4th Lecture and Practical Course in Medical Mycology | 1st - 5th December 2025 | Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
The AFRICA CMM Unit, Institute Pasteur and FAILSAFE Project hosted the 4th Lecture and Practical Course in Medical Workshop - a fully funded course for clinicians and scientists involved in mycology research in Africa and South-East Asia. The workshop was highly interactive, fostering discussions and an exchange of ideas on practical strategies to diagnose and treat common human fungal infections, addressing challenges and limitations faced in low-resource settings. The workshop highlighted the importance of continued efforts to strengthen collaboration in the field of mycology, especially in the African and Asian context.
Lecture topics: Comprehensive overviews of fungal diseases endemic to Africa and other lower and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), host immunity, fungal pathogenesis, antifungal drug mechanisms of action and resistance and genetic approaches in the diagnosis, management and epidemiology of fungal infections.
Practical topics: Overview of basic techniques in the mycology laboratory, diagnosis of fungal infections, and isolation of fungal nucleic acids and bioinformatic analysis of species and drug resistance.
Lecture and Practical Course in Medical Mycology | 10th - 14th December 2018 | Institute of Infection Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
The AFRICA CMM Unit, Institute Pasteur, Paris, and the AMBITION-cm Trial Consortium organised a week-long English-speaking course for scientists and clinicians aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of Medical Mycology. This lecture and practical course focused on the key fungal pathogens in Africa and covered the microbiological, immunological and clinical aspects of fungal diseases.
Lecture topics: Overview of host immunity and fungal pathogens, mechanisms of action of antifungal drugs and drug resistance, sessions of the physiopathology and management of the major pathogenic fungi present in Africa, with a specific focus on Cryptococcosis.
Practical topics: Basic techniques in the mycology laboratory, identification, diagnosis and histopathology of major pathogenic fungi, clinical case vignetter and how to be involved and manage clinical trials.