The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), together with Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, and partners, are organizing a postgraduate course ’’Optimising Management of Tuberculosis and Mycobacterial Infections with Genomic Approaches’’ which is intended for mycobacteriology experts with a good background knowledge on conventional phenotypic testing and molecular-based diagnostic and young clinicians in training managing mycobacterial infections.
Date: September 9-11, 2025
Venue: Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Science Center, Žaliųjų Ežerų st. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania
The Course objectives:
- Give an overview of the existing technologies and platforms to implement whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS)
- Provide an update on what we can expect in the next two years in term of end-to end solutions and accessibility
- Discuss the role of genotypic and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing considering current WHO recommendation for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Provide an update for the interpretation of genomic data for clinical management of drug-resistant tuberculosis and epidemiological analyses / contact tracing
- Discuss the laboratory reporting of molecular data
- Facilitate the discussion between microbiologists, molecular biologists, and clinicians on real life cases and on suitable diagnostic algorithms including NGS technology
- Provide an update on the use of WGS for the management of infections by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
For more information about the course, please visit the official website: link.