Proceedings of the Second International Meeting on Endemic Mycoses of the Americas (IMEMA), and First International Symposium on Implantation Mycoses (ISIM)

Norma B Fernandez; Diego H Cáceres; Julian A Serrano; Alexandro Bonifaz; Cristina E Canteros; Roberto Suarez-Alvarez; Rosely Maria Zancope Oliveira; Regielly C R Cognialli; Priscila Marques de Macedo; Beatriz L Gomez; Angela M Tobon; Carlos Taborda; Tom Chiller; Jose Guillermo Pereira Brunelli; Dallas J Smith; Marcus de Melo Teixeira; Flavio Queiroz-Telles; Guillermo Garcia Effron; Karina Ardizzoli; Ricardo Negroni; Gustavo Giusiano

doi:10.1093/mmy/myae054

Proceedings of the Second International Meeting on Endemic Mycoses of the Americas (IMEMA), and First International Symposium on Implantation Mycoses (ISIM)

Med Mycol. 2024 May 14:myae054. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myae054. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Norma B Fernandez^{1

2}, Diego H Cáceres^{3

4

5}, Julian A Serrano⁶, Alexandro Bonifaz⁷, Cristina E Canteros⁸, Roberto Suarez-Alvarez⁹, Rosely Maria Zancope Oliveira¹⁰, Regielly C R Cognialli¹¹, Priscila Marques de Macedo¹², Beatriz L Gomez³, Angela M Tobon¹³, Carlos Taborda¹⁴, Tom Chiller¹⁵, Jose Guillermo Pereira Brunelli¹⁶, Dallas J Smith¹⁵, Marcus de Melo Teixeira¹⁷, Flavio Queiroz-Telles¹⁸, Guillermo Garcia Effron^{19

20}, Karina Ardizzoli^{21

22}, Ricardo Negroni²³, Gustavo Giusiano²⁴

Affiliations

¹ Sección Micologia, División de Infectología. Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martin.
² Micología Clínica. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
³ Studies in Translational Microbiology and Emerging Diseases (MICROS) Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota 111221, Colombia.
⁴ Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, 6532 SZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁵ IMMY, Norman, OK 73069, USA.
⁶ Sección Micología, Laboratorio Central, Hospital Independencia. Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
⁷ Dermatology Service. Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga". CDMX, México.
⁸ Departamento Micología, Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia en Micología Clínica, INEI-ANLIS "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán". Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁹ Laboratorio de Colecciones de Cultivos Microbianos del INEI-ANLIS "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán". Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
¹⁰ Laboratório de Micologia, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, RJ, Brazil.
¹¹ Mycology Unit, Hospital de Clinicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
¹² Laboratory of Clinical Research on Infectious Dermatology, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz., Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, RJ, Brazil.
¹³ Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, Universidad CES, Medellín 055450, Colombia.
¹⁴ Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil and Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo LIM53/Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁵ Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹⁶ Centro de Especialidades Dermatologicas. Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social de Paraguay. San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
¹⁷ Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
¹⁸ Department of Public Health, Hospital de Clinicas, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.
¹⁹ Laboratorio de Micología y Diagnóstico Molecular - Cátedra de Parasitología y Micología - Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas - Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina.
²⁰ Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
²¹ Sector Micología, Servicio de Laboratorio, Hospital Interzonal de Agudos, Dr. R. Rossi.
²² Micología Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
²³ Adviser of Mycology Unit, Francisco J. Muñiz Hospital, Buenos Aires City, Argentina.
²⁴ Instituto de Medicina Regional, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Resistencia, Argentina.

PMID: 38744661
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myae054

Abstract

The Second International Meeting on Endemic Mycoses of the Americas (IMEMA) and the First International Symposium on Implantation Mycoses (ISIM) took place in Santiago del Estero, Argentina during September 25-27th, 2023. The conference provided a platform for researchers, clinicians, and experts to discuss the latest developments in the field of endemic and implantation mycoses. Topics included epidemiology, diagnostic advances, treatment strategies, and the impact of environmental factors in the spread of these fungal diseases. IMEMA and ISIM contributed to the regional discourse on the mycoses, emphasizing the importance of international cooperation in addressing these public health challenges.

Keywords: Blastomycosis; chromoblastomycosis; coccidioidomycosis; histoplasmosis; mycetoma; paracoccidioidomycosis; sporotrichosis.

Plain language summary

IMEMA/ISIM, held in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, convened experts to discuss endemic and implantation mycoses, covering topics such as epidemiology, diagnostics, treatment, and advocacy. The event highlighted ongoing efforts in combating these diseases.