November 18th – Saturday

Ball Room

• 08:00 - 09:00

  Meet the Professor: HOW TO DECREASE MORTALITY OF CANDIDEMIA?

  Chair: FABIANNE CARLESSE (BRAZIL)
  Speaker: ARNALDO LOPES COLOMBO (BRAZIL)
  
  
  

• 09:00 - 09:40

  Keynote Lecture: HOW TO INCLUDE FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN THE AGENDA OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIES?

  Chair: JOSÉ PEREIRA BRUNELLI (PARAGUAY)
  Speaker: ANA ALASTRUEY-IZQUIERDO (SPAIN)
  
  
  

• 09:40 - 11:00

  IMMY Symposium

  Chair: DIEGO CACERES CONTRERAS (COLOMBIA)
  
  Evaluation of a Semiquantitative Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of Cryptococcus Antigen in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid.
  MARÍA CAMILA CASTAÑEDA TORRES (COLOMBIA)
  
  Evaluation of commercial immunodiusion reagents for the detection of anti-Paracoccidioides antibodies in sera.
  REGIELLY COGNIALLI (BRAZIL)
  
  Comparison of three commercial kits for the detection of Aspergillus galactomannan antigen.
  AGUSTINA FORASTIERO (ARGENTINA)
  
  
  

• 11:00 - 11:30

  INFOCUS AWARDING AND CLOSE OUT CEREMONY

• 13:30 - 16:30

  ZOONOTIC SPOROTRICHOSIS IN LATAM - CDC Working Group Symposium

  Chairs: TOM CHILLER (UNITED STATES) and FLAVIO QUEIROZ TELLES (BRAZIL)
  

  
  EPIDEMIOLOGY
  

  • Surveillance and notification in Brazil - Brazil.
    FRANCELISE BRIDI CAVASSIN (BRAZIL), ADELAIDE MILLINGTON (BRAZIL)
  • Updating S. brasiliensis transmission in South America (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay).
    JOSÉ PEREIRA BRUNELLI (PARAGUAY), PAMELA THOMSON MORALES (CHILE)
  •  Updating S. brasiliensis modes of transmission.
    FERNANDA DAROS (BRAZIL)
    
    

  CLINICAL

  •  Is antifungal in vitro resistance a real concern?
    FRANCELISE BRIDI CAVASSIN (BRAZIL)
  •  Case presentations – Immunoreactive, AIDS and Neurological.
     DAYVISON FREITAS (BRAZIL)
  •  Osteoarticular, Pulmonary. and patients under anti-TNFs.
     FILIPE PROHASKA (BRAZIL)
  •  Sporotrichosis in infants.
     ALEXANDRO BONIFAZ (MÉXICO)
  •  Ocular and pregnancy.
    FLÁVIO QUEIROZ TELLES (BRAZIL)
  •  When and how to indicate combination therapy in refractory cases?
      GIOVANNI BREDA (BRAZIL)
    
    

  VETERINARY

  •  Feline Control and prevention.
    CAROLINA MELCHIOR DO PRADO (BRAZIL)
  •  Challenges in the feline therapy.
     ISABELLA GREMIÃO (BRAZIL)
    
    

  LABORATORY

  •  Optimizing the mycologic diagnosis.
    REGIELLY COGNIALLI (BRAZIL)
  • Update in molecular diagnosis.
    MARIA DEL PILAR JIMENEZ ALZATE (COLOMBIA)
  •  Genomic surveillance.
    AMANDA SANTOS (UNITED STATES)
  •  Vacines.
    SANDRO ROGÉRIO ALMEIDA (BRAZIL)
    
    

  THE PURPOSE OF THE SPOROTRICHOSIS WG?

  •  What is the purpose of Sporotrichosis WG moving forward?
     TOM CHILLER (UNITED STATES)
  •  How do we do global surveillance?
      ALYSON CAVANAUGH (UNITED STATES)
  • Partnership support for publication, including English language.
    DALLAS SMITH (UNITED STATES)