Resources for Healthcare Professionals

Highlights

View webinars featuring global leaders in fungal diseases, access tools designed for healthcare providers and laboratory scientists, and hear CDC fungal disease experts on diverse podcasts.

Webinars

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A Patient- Centered Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance: From Diagnostic Advances to Clinical Care

CDC and WHO

Fungal Zoonotic Diseases: Updates

CDC and the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)-To view this webinar: Register for a free account >Select "Axon" > "On-Demand Webinars" > Select "Fungal Zoonotic Diseases: Updates">Add to cart and select "Get your digital orders" CE credit: 1 AVMA CE Credit

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Don't Forget About Fungi!

CDC and International League of Dermatological Societies

Mycetoma: Understanding the Disease, Seeking Solutions

US CDC and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative

Think fungus: Insights from Blastomycosis Surveillance and Outbreak Investigations in an Endemic Region

CDC with Minnesota Department of Health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Climate Change and Fungal Infections: A Collaborative Approach to Understand the Effects of Climate Change on Valley Fever in California

CDC, and University of California- Berkeley, and California Department of Public Health

Fungal Diseases: Global Challenges and Opportunities

World Health Organization, CDC, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), & National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa

Antifungal Resistance: A Global Health Perspective

CDC and WHO.

Algorithms for Diagnosing the Endemic Mycoses Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis, and Histoplasmosis

Participants will learn about these infections' epidemiology and diagnostic challenges.

Fungal Diseases in a Changing Environment

EH Nexus webinar hosted on September 22, 2023

Audio Description

Communication resources

Find a larger collection of communication resources including more fact sheets, animated videos, social media graphics, and access to Fungal Disease Awareness Week campaign material.

Job aids

Clinical consult

Healthcare providers can call 404-639-5168 or email fungalconsult@cdc.gov for consultation on diagnosis or treatment for suspected or confirmed fungal diseases.

Testing Algorithms for Fungal Pneumonias

Three clinical algorithms to guide testing and treatment for endemic community-acquired pneumonias.

Apr 25, 2024

Antifungal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) Visual Schema

Reference resource for suggested target ranges, timing, and dose adjustment considerations. This tool was developed as part of CDC’s cooperative agreement with Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium (MSGERC) and Terranova Medica, LLC.

Laboratory resources

Fungal Disease Laboratories

Find lab protocols for fungal diagnostics and testing and submit specimens.

Apr 24, 2024

Online trainings

Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases

Fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases (Spanish)

Best Practices in Management of Fungal Pneumonias: Primary Care and Emergency Medicine Perspectives

Podcasts

• Diagnostic Access and Equity (2026) Dr. Shawn Lockhart, lead research microbiologist at CDC, and Dr. Ellie Theel, Editor at the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, explore diagnostic access and equity, and current initiatives in the clinical microbiology community addressing these issues.
• **ABC News podcast, Start Here: Fungus Among Us (2024) **Dr. Tom Chiller, Chief of the Mycotic Diseases Branch, gives an overview of emerging fungal diseases and potential future threats including the lack of approved antifungal medications, increasing antifungal resistance, and the impacts of climate change. A patient and her doctor talk about her battle with Valley fever. Former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski discusses the personal reasons he is concerned about the illness.
• The Lancet Microbe: Conversation with Dr. Nancy Chow on Sporotrichosis (2024) Dr. Nancy Chow, Deputy Chief of the Mycotic Diseases Branch talks to the Lancet about the Emergence of zoonotic sporotrichosis in Brazil: a genomic study. Findings indicate that multiple lineages of the fungus S. brasiliensis lead to the to the epidemic of cat-to-cat and cat-to-human transmitted sporotrichosis in Brazil.
• Think Fungus: Fungal Disease Awareness (2020) Dr. Tom Chiller, Chief of the Mycotic Diseases Branch, discusses the importance of increasing awareness about the risk of fungal infections, including of symptoms of these infections.
• Cryptococcus gattii in the Southeastern U.S. (2019)Dr. Shawn Lockhart, a lead research microbiologist at CDC, discusses the history of the fungus Cryptococcus gattii in the southeastern United States.
• Enhanced Surveillance for Coccidioidomycosis (2018) Kaitlin Benedict, a CDC epidemiologist, discusses Coccidioides and Valley fever.

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