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Dr. Pushpa
Talwar Memorial Oration
1st Dr. Pushpa Talwar Memorial
Oration was held on 06.02.2012 at PGI. Dr. Jacques F Meis, Senior
Consultant from Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
delivered the oration. Dr. Meera Sharma, Prof. and Head, Department of
Medical Microbiology spoke on Dr. Pushpa Talwar, the Ex-Head of PGI and
her contribution in whose name the oration is instituted. She initiated
the development of medical mycology discipline at PGI, which is now
turned into National Reference Laboratory for fungal diseases. Prof.
Arunaloke Chakrabarti introduced Dr. Jacques F. Meis and his
contribution in the medical mycology. Dr. Meis is the President,
European Confederation on Medical Mycology. He delivered the oration in
front of the packed audience on the topic: ‘Mycology – a new kid on the
block in medical microbiology’. He highlighted the importance of
invasive fungal infections in tertiary care centers, especially in
immunocompromised patients. He stressed on the need of early diagnosis
of fungal infections and early therapy. He told that the clinicians
should be careful while treating transplant patients, as 100% tea and
pepper samples showed presence of Aspergillus fumigatus, which is
dreadful fungus for those compromised patients. He informed that drug
resistance in A. fumigatus is increasing. Much is linked with the
increased use of fungicide in agriculture. There is need of increased
awareness, good diagnostic mycology laboratories, and research in the
field of medical mycology. Prof. Y Chawla, the Director, PGI conferred
Dr. Meis with the oration award. Dr. Amod Gupta, Dean, PGI proposed the
vote of thanks.
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