As a reminder we inform that the 6th Trends in Medical Mycology will be organized in Copenhagen, Denmark, 11 - 14 October, 2013. The scientific programme is complete and can be found at www.timm2013.org.

The LIFE educational website has just issued its second newsletter. The burden of fungal infections in Guatemala (with its high rate of disseminated histoplasmosis in AIDS) is being presented at ICAAC. Numerous news items of interest including the link with fluconazole in pregnancy with tetralogy of Fallot, the withdrawal of ketoconazole and the possibilities for point of care testing – see
here . See also other new key issues: Cryptococcal meningitis (view WHO guidelines), Pneumocystis pneumonia in AIDS, Histoplasmosis in AIDS, Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (including aspergilloma) after TB) and Fungal keratitis.

The 6th Advances Against Aspergillosis Conference will take place in Madrid, Spain, 27 feb - 1 March, 2014. A Special Conference Registration and Hotel Package is offered which not only gives you a reduction on the stand alone registration fee but also allows you to book into the conference hotel at a reduced rate. Please see here for more detail. Early-bird registration fees end 1 October 2013. The programme is almost complete and registration, scholarship applications and abstract submissions are all now open.

The 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases will be held in Barcelona, Spain, 10 – 13 May, 2014. For full information, click here.