Foundations of Antifungal Resistance
Explains how fungi become resistant to antifungal drugs, with focus on Candida auris, azole-resistant Aspergillus and stewardship principles.
An overview of what you will study and build.
Foundations of Antifungal Resistance explains how fungi become resistant to the limited range of drugs available against them. Students learn the main molecular mechanisms of resistance, then study the organisms that have brought the issue to global attention: Candida auris and other multidrug-resistant yeasts, azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus and resistant dermatophytes. The course covers how susceptibility testing and breakpoints are used to detect resistance and closes with the principles of antifungal stewardship.
Antifungal resistance is an emerging threat recognised by international health bodies, with links to both healthcare practice and agricultural fungicide use. Understanding it is increasingly important for laboratory, pharmacy and infection prevention teams. This course suits professionals who want a clear and current overview. Tutors are working laboratory scientists and stewardship specialists. For the final project, students write a resistance briefing on one organism for a hospital or public health audience, covering mechanisms, detection, epidemiology and the stewardship and prevention responses that apply.
6 modules, one growing line of knowledge.
Hover or tap a module to follow the path from the first session to the final project. Open a module to see the topics it covers.
- Target alteration and overexpression
- Efflux pumps
- Tolerance, persistence and biofilms
- Emergence of Candida auris
- Resistance profiles in yeasts
- Laboratory detection challenges
- Environmental and patient-acquired routes
- TR34/L98H and related mutations
- Surveillance findings
- Trichophyton indotineae
- Terbinafine resistance
- Implications for community care
- Reference testing methods
- Clinical breakpoints and ECOFFs
- Reading results critically
- Goals of stewardship
- Team roles and interventions
- Measuring stewardship activity
Foundations of Antifungal Resistance
By the end you will be able to:
- Explain the main molecular mechanisms of antifungal resistance.
- Describe the resistance concerns associated with Candida auris and Aspergillus fumigatus.
- Recognise emerging resistance in dermatophytes.
- Interpret susceptibility results using breakpoints and epidemiological cut-offs.
- Outline the core components of an antifungal stewardship programme.
Where this programme sits in the school.
Where this programme can take you.
Roles and uses that build on what you learn here. Outcomes depend on your experience and local market.
- Antimicrobial stewardship support pharmacist or technician
- Biomedical scientist in susceptibility testing
- Infection prevention practitioner assistant
- Surveillance analyst for antimicrobial resistance
- Research assistant in resistance mechanisms
Requirements, assessment and certificate.
Admission requirements
Basic microbiology or pharmacology knowledge is recommended; no prior mycology specialisation is required.
How you are assessed
Students are assessed through participation in live sessions and exercises interpreting susceptibility data and cases. The final briefing is reviewed by the professor.
Final project
A resistance briefing on one fungal organism covering mechanisms, detection, epidemiology and stewardship responses.
Certificate
Course Certificate
On completing the programme and its project, Fungaris issues a Course Certificate. Accreditations are assessed according to the training completed and the local regulations of each country.
How the programme grows, phase by phase.
- Mechanisms of antifungal resistance
- Candida auris and multidrug-resistant yeasts
- Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus
- Resistance in dermatophytes
- Susceptibility testing and breakpoints
- Antifungal stewardship principles
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Questions about this programme
Do I need experience to study Foundations of Antifungal Resistance?
Basic microbiology or pharmacology knowledge is recommended; no prior mycology specialisation is required.
How is Foundations of Antifungal Resistance taught?
Live online, in 6 modules with a working professional, a small group and a final project.
How am I assessed?
Students are assessed through participation in live sessions and exercises interpreting susceptibility data and cases. The final briefing is reviewed by the professor.
What is the final project?
A resistance briefing on one fungal organism covering mechanisms, detection, epidemiology and stewardship responses.
What certificate do I get?
On completing the programme and its project, Fungaris issues a Course Certificate. Accreditations are assessed according to the training completed and the local regulations of each country.
What can I study after Foundations of Antifungal Resistance?
The natural next step is Diploma in Medical Mycology Foundations.
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