Associate Professor of Pathology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Description: While fungal disease is increasingly seen in our patient populations, particularly among immunocompromised hosts, the application of molecular methods to leverage fungal disease diagnosis is still limited. In this presentation, the current landscape of molecular tests for fungal disease diagnosis will be reviewed and novel molecular approaches to further enhance fungal diagnostic capacities in clinical labs will be discussed.
Learning Objectives: 1. To address the needs and gaps of utilizing non-culture based molecular tools for fungal disease diagnosis in clinical labs 2. To recognize current molecular methods employed in clinical labs for fungal disease diagnosis 3. To recommend up-to-date strategies and novel approaches to implement molecular assays to improve laboratory capacities for fungal diagnostics
