267 - Difficult-to-Diagnose, Difficult-to-Treat Infections in Neutropenic and Post-Stem Cell Transplant Patients

Saturday, October 14, 2023

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Location: 107 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Murat Akova, Prof. (he/him/his)

Professor
Hacettepe University
Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Jennifer Cuellar Rodriguez, MD, DTM&H, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

Chief, Transplant Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD, United States

Faculty(s)

Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD

Professor, Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, United States

Slides
Aliyah Baluch, MD, MSc

Bone Marrow Transplant Infectious Diseases (BMT ID) attending
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL, United States

Slides
Joanna Nelson, MD (she/her/hers)

Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Murat Akova, Prof.: No financial relationships to disclose

Jennifer Cuellar Rodriguez, MD, DTM&H: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to persistent fever in neutropenic patients despite appropriate empiric antibacterial and antifungal therapies;
describe diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to systemic toxoplasmosis in patients with hematologic malignancy and/or HSCT;
explain recent evidence on epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of tuberculous and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in HSCT

Presentations:

3:15 PM – 3:40 PM US ET

It’s Getting Hot in Here: Persistent Fever in Neutropenic Patients on Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy
Speaker: Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, MD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:40 PM – 4:05 PM US ET

Cat-astrophic: How to Diagnose and Manage Toxoplasmosis in HSCT Recipients
Speaker: Aliyah Baluch, MD, MSc – Moffitt Cancer Center
4:05 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Think of the Unexpected: Mycobacterial Infections in HSCT Patients
Speaker: Joanna K. Nelson, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University