Twitter account for the AIDS-related Mycoses Workshop, a forum for advancing diagnosis & management of fungal disease. Next meeting: 2022 in Cape Town.
Highlighting the crisis posed by reduced access to CD4 testing platforms in settings where they are most needed - and the implications of this for the care of people living with HIV:
https://t.co/8zoDq0AA6D
New Episode - Myco- Moments... Highlights from the AIDS Mycoses Workshop held earlier this year. Gert M attended and conducted some fascinating interviews.
Listen at: https://t.co/oVJy3ly0RE
@fidssa1#fungi#IDX#AHD#Mycoses
We're hiring a Principal Scientist to manage @Witshealth Mycology research lab - currently at @nicd_sa but new lab planned at Wits Biohub (Parktown) in 2025
We have an exciting portfolio of trials, cohort studies, surveillance, lab projects
Details: https://t.co/jg83E6F870
Despite high demand in low- and middle-income countries, patients face higher costs and limited supplier options.
We urgently need more LAmB suppliers to ensure equitable, affordable access for all.
📖 Read more in @LancetGH: https://t.co/ip8WLMwHvI
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Our meeting now shifts to Fungal Immunopathology
First up is Dr Rachael Dangarembizi from UCT / @mrccmm Africa Centre in Cape Town discussing neuroimmune interactions in cryptococcal meningitis
#AIDSmycoses2024
Most common primary discharge diagnose with TB. Fungal infections decidedly less common (but diagnostics extremely limited). However, the most common diagnosis in patients who died was PCP (37% of pts with PCP died) #AIDSmycoses2024
Our next plenary session is all about epidemiology and public health implications of mycoses in advanced HIV disease
First speaker is @PasqualottoAle setting priorities to mitigate morbidity and mortality of AIDS related mycoses
#AIDSmycoses2024