European confederation of medical mycology expert consult-An ECMM excellence center initiative.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

Difficult-to-treat invasive fungal infections require infectious diseases expert consultation to improve treatment outcome and increase survival rates.

METHODS:

The European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM) intends to provide expert help free of charge by a newly founded ECMM Expert Consultation Service for medical centres around the globe seeking advice when there is no fungal infection consultant available. The expert consult will provide recommendations and broad expertise on difficult-to-treat invasive fungal infections (eg azole-resistant Aspergillus species, Candida auris, mucormycosis) to improve diagnostic and therapeutic management and outcome.

RESULTS:

The initiative plans global outreach through video conferencing between ECMM Excellence Centers and treating physicians. FungiScope® registries will be used to structure case information and to evaluate the impact of the collegial advice system at regular intervals. Advice will follow recent guidelines, and EQUAL Scores will be used to measure guideline adherence.

CONCLUSIONS:

Infectious diseases expert consultation should be an integral component of care for patients with difficult-to-treat invasive fungal infections. The ECMM Expert Consult will attend to this matter on a global scale.

• Authors: Philipp Koehler, Blandine Denis, David W Denning, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Martin Hoenigl, Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis, Robert Krause, Katrien Lagrou, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Johan Maertens, Ivana Mareković, Jacques F Meis, Jean-Michel Molina, Sanja Pleško, Juergen Prattes, Peter-Michael Rath, Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Malcolm Richardson, Esther Segal, Danila Seidel, Isabel Spriet, Joerg Steinmann, Paul E Verweij, Oliver A Cornely, European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
• Journal: Mycoses (Mycoses) Vol. 63 Issue 6 Pg. 566-572 (Jun 2020) ISSN: 1439-0507 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 32181546 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2020 The Authors. Mycoses published by Blackwell Verlag GmbH.

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents

Topics

• Antifungal Agents (therapeutic use)
• Disease Management
• Europe
• Guideline Adherence
• Humans
• Infectious Disease Medicine (methods, organization & administration)
• Invasive Fungal Infections (drug therapy)
• Mycology (methods, organization & administration)
• Mycoses (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Referral and Consultation (organization & administration)
• Registries
• Treatment Outcome