June 2016
 
Dear Colleague,

Welcome to LIFE's (Leading International Fungal Education) June newsletter. Please follow this link.

Leading feature: O'Neill's final report on antimicrobial resistance has specific recommendations about antifungal resistance

 Other featured news items include:
  • Exposure to fungi in the work place may lead to lung damage
  • Intra-abdominal candidiasis is as common as candidaemia and often is lethal
  • Burden of fungal diseases in Bangladesh, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, and Congo presented at Advances in Aspergillosis conference & ECCMID
  • Pneumocystis pneumonia guidelines - in Haematology patients
  • LIFE has launched a new section bringing together national and international published clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of fungal diseases.
The newsletter includes top diagnostic tips, featured sections & courses and meetings.

Many other significant events and news relating to global health and fungal infections are posted twice weekly on the LIFE website here.

Please forward this email to any colleagues who may be interested, LIFE website.

David

David W. Denning 
Professor of Infectious Diseases in Global Health
Director, National Aspergillosis Centre
The University Manchester 
+44 161 291 5811 or 5818