July 2017
 
Dear Colleague,
 
Welcome to LIFE's (Leading International Fungal Education) July newsletter. Please follow this link.
 
Leading feature: Randomised trial establishes amphotericin B as best therapy for Talaromyces marneffei in HIV
 
Other featured news items include:
  • Cryptococcal meningitis re-estimation indicates over 180,000 deaths per year
  • Disfiguring fungal skin infection (Chromoblastomycosis) approved by WHO as an NTD
  • Chronic pulmonary mucormycosis in diabetes mellitus 
E-learning course in direct microscopy and histology for identifying fungal infections now available in English and in Spanish, follow this link.

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 of Manchester 
+44 161 291 5811 or 5818
 
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