Dr Sebastien Imbert

Sebastien Imbert, PharmD, PhD, is Associate Professor in medical mycology at the Bordeaux University Hospital (France). He is involved in the clinical diagnosis of fungal infections in the parasitology-mycology department and is an active member of the national reference center for chronic aspergillosis, hosted in Bordeaux and Rennes (France). He is also member of the Bronchial Remodeling team at the Cardio-Thoracic Research Center of Bordeaux (INSERM U1045), with research interests focused on improving fungal infections diagnosis tools and on studying the fungal microbiome and exposome during chronic obstructive lung diseases. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Medical Mycology.

Abstract Submission:

Aspergillus/Mucorales coinfections are frequent and can even reach 40% in high risk patients. However, they may be underdiagnosed in clinical practice as their diagnosis remains challenging. Here we will present our experience with the use of an Aspergillus/Mucorales duplex assay and its inputs for coinfections diagnosis.