ESCMID Mobile Lab
ESCMID Global continues to innovate and invest in the education of early-career scientists and physicians which is highlighted this year with a new onsite hands-on training experience. These 2-hour sessions will take place in the ESCMID Mobile Lab which will be parked outside the congress centre in front of Foyer A.
It will be a microscopy-based training, organised and led by Claire Rogers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, and the ESCMID Fungal Infections Study Group (EFISG). The topics will focus on mycology and blood and faecal parasitology and, exploring specific infectious agents that can be identified using microscopy.
Due to the small group nature of the sessions, each one is only open for maximum of 20 participants and pre-registration is necessary. There is also an additional registration fee of 50 EUR for ESCMID Members / 75 EUR for non-members.
| Day |
Time |
Title |
Description |
Focus |
| Saturday, 18 April |
8.30-10.30 CEST |
Malaria differential diagnosis (beginners) |
Basic knowledge required (eg life cycle stages, previous experience of examining thin blood films) |
Pf, Pv, Po, Pm and % parasitaemia |
| |
13.30-15.30 CEST |
Malaria differential diagnosis (advanced) |
Experience of looking at thin blood films for malaria |
Pf, Pv, Po, Pm and Pk, anti-coagulant effects |
| |
16.15-18.15 CEST |
Morphological diagnosis of faecal protozoa |
No previous knowledge required |
Morphological features of protozoal cysts |
| Sunday, 19 April |
8.30-10.30 CEST |
Faecal examination (eggs and cysts-advanced) Session 1 |
Previous experience of examination of faeces for ova, cysts and parasites |
Examination of faecal specimens and differential diagnosis of protozoal cysts and helminth eggs and larvae |
| |
13.30-15.30 CEST |
Diagnosis of malaria by thick film
Session 1
|
Previous experience of diagnosing mlaria from thin blood films |
Benefits of thick films, identification of malaria parasites, basic differential diagnosis |
| |
16.15-18.15 CEST |
Morphological diagnosis of Leishmania, Trypanosomes and Microfilariae |
No previous knowledge required |
Examination of tissue smears for the presence of amastigotes. Examination of thin and thick blood films for the presence of trypomastigotes. Differential diagnosis of Tb vs Tc. Examination of thick blood films for microfilariae. Differential diagnosis of common microfilariae species. |
| Monday, 20 April |
8.30-10.30 CEST |
Diagnosis of malaria by thick film
Session 2
|
Previous experience of diagnosing malaria from thin blood films |
Benefits of thick films, identification of malaria parasites, basic differential diagnosis |
| |
13.30-15.30 CEST |
Introduction to fungal culture (beginner) |
No previous knowledge required |
Introduction to key fungal media, basic staining and basic microscopic recognition. Identify yeast and mould colonies, examine morphology of colonies, use and interpret basic stains, understand how microscopy aids presumptive diagnosis. |
| |
16.15-18.15 CEST |
Microscopical identification of main structures and species from culture (advanced) |
Basic knowledge on fungal diagnostics required |
Hands-on microscopy of hyphae, conidogenesis, and other structures as chlamydospores, Hülle cells, ascomata, etc. differentiate main Aspergillus, Fusarium, Mucorales, Scedosporium and yeast (Candida and Cryptococcus) species. |
| Tuesday, 21 April |
8.30-10.30 CEST |
Introduction to fungal culture (beginner) |
No previous knowledge required |
Introduction to key fungal media, basic staining and basic microscopic recognition. Identify yeast and mould colonies, examine morphology of colonies, use and interpret basic stains, understand how microscopy aids presumptive diagnosis |
| |
13.30-15.30 CEST |
Microscopical identification of main structures and species from culture (advanced) |
Basic knowledge on fungal diagnostics required |
Hands-on microscopy of hyphae, conidogenesis, and other structures as chlamydospores, Hülle cells, ascomata, etc. differentiate main Aspergillus, Fusarium, Mucorales, Scedosporium and yeast (Candida and Cryptococcus) species. |
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