Educational resources

George Thompson, Alex Soriano and Malgorzata Mikulska provide a background to invasive fungal infections, including major risk factors and their burden on healthcare systems

Martin Hoenigl, Cornelia Lass-Flörl and Patricia Muñoz discuss the importance of reference laboratories, how laboratory capacity differs across European countries, and how European laboratory capacity can be improved

Philippe Montravers and Ignacio Martin-Loeches discuss the burden of invasive fungal infections in patients in the ICU, risk factors for infection, and challenges in their diagnosis

Ignacio Martin-Loeches discusses the emergence of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in non-neutropenic critically ill patients

Martin Hoenigl discusses the major risk factors for COVID-19- and influenza-associated invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, their similarities and differences, and challenges in their diagnosis

Markus Ruhnke and Johan Maertens and discuss the burden of the most common types of invasive fungal infections in patients with haematological malignancies, how they are diagnosed and long-term outcomes for these patients

Martin Hoenigl and Cornelia Lass-Flörl provide a background to invasive aspergillosis, including its epidemiology, burden on the healthcare system and how it is diagnosed