1-Jean-Philippe Bouchara - ISHAM

Fungal respiratory infections in CFWorking group approved by the ISHAM council on October 2006Clinicians and mycologists involved in the follow-up of CF patients, aswell as scientists working on basic research on CF-associated fungiThis WG would take advantage of and form a bridge between otherexisting ISHAM working groups such as the ISHAM Working groupson Pseudallescheria / Scedosporium infections or on Black yeasts.Working together, it would be possible to improve our knowledgeon the epidemiology, the physiopathology and clinical relevanceof the colonization of the airways by fungi in CF patients,and thus to contribute to improve the follow-up of the patients.