THE 9TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY



DATE : JANUARY 31- FEBRUARY 1, 1998
VENUE : SHINAGAWA GENERAL CITIZEN HALL, CURIAN( TOKYO )

ORGANIZERS:


SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS

　1. Special lectures 1)“Emerging Fungal Pathogens”　Dr. Davise H. Larone
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center( New York, NY, USA )
2)“Breakpoint in Use of Antimicrobials”　Dr. Masatoshi Konno
Teikyo University School of Medicine( Tokyo)


　2. Educational lecture
“Roles and Evaluation of Infectious Disease Laboratory Work:
　Techniques, Support for Medical Care, and Cost Control”
Kiyoharu Yamanaka, Otemae Hospital( Osaka )



　3. Symposium I
Diagnostic Procedures in Mycoses

Co-convenors
S. Kohno, Nagasaki University( Nagasaki )

M. Abe, Kitasato University( Sagamihara )

　1) Cutaneous mycosis
S. Watanabe, Teikyo University( Tokyo )

　2) Host immunity and visceral mycosis
H. Murayama, Kyoto University( Kyoto )

　3) Candidiasis
E. Yamashita, Fujieda City General Hospital( Fujieda )

　4) Aspergillosis
Y. Niki, Kawasaki Medical School( Kurashiki )

　5) Cryptococcosis
S. Maesaki, Nagasaki University( Nagasaki )

　6) Trichosporosis and mucomycosis
A. Hashimoto, Medical College of Oita( Oita )

　7) Genetic diagnosis in mycoses
K. Makimura, Teikyo University( Tokyo )



　4. Symposium II
Examinations for clinically important fungi

Co-convenors
A. Ito, Yokohama City University( Yokohama )

K. Tatewaki, Shiga University of Medical Sciences( Otsu )

　1) Questionnaire report
Outlines of the detection of yeast-like
fungi from clinical specimens in Japan
T. Nakagawa, Koshirakawa-Shiseido Hospital( Yamagata )

　2) Collection of clinical specimens and microscopic examination
S. Ishigo, Ogaki City Hospital( Ogaki )

　3) Yeast-like fungi: cultivation and identification｝

　3)-1 Isolation of fungal strains: media for differentiation
K. Negayama, Kagawa Medical School( Kagawa )

　3)-2 Blood culture
T. Ura, National Cardiovascular Center( Osaka )

　3)-3 Identification of fungal strains
T. Masaki
The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute( Kumamoto )


　4) Examinations for dermatophytes
T. Miyamoto
St. Marianna University School of Medicine( Kawasaki )


　5. Poster presentation



　6. Open lecture
Imported Infectious Diseases
Yoshifumi Takeda
Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan( Tokyo )



　EXHIBITION
Scientific apparatuses, chemicals, medically important fungi
( microscopic preparations and agar plates ), and related books



　NIGHT SEMINAR I


　NIGHT SEMINAR II









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