European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2015: Invasive Fungal Infections

In ICU
Mon, 7 Dec 2015

The European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the annual meeting of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology andInfectious Diseases (ESCMID) is the most attended infectious disease conference worldwide. This year, more than 10,000 clinicians and scientists attended the congress to present and share the latest research breakthrough in infectious diseases.

This report, by Professor Rafael F. Duarte, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda Madrid, Spain and Paula Hensler, Medical Writer, reviews the sessions that addressed the challenges of managing the increasing rates of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) and new diagnostic and therapeutic developments in the area
of IFIs.

The report can be downloaded below.

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