80 - Updates in Diagnostics

Moderator(s)

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  Aliyah Baluch, MD, MSc

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

  Ahmed Babiker, MBBS, MSc (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
  Emory University School of Medicine
  Atlanta, GA, United States

Presentations:

• 1:45 PM – 1:57 PM US ET

  Use of plasma-based microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) sequencing for surveillance of infection in the 1st month after lung transplant (LT): a prospective, observational, pilot study
  

  Presenting Author: Ghady Haidar, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Kelly Friday, MPH – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Christopher Musgrove, MD – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Xiaohong Wang, BS – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Angela Pisarra, RN – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Kailey Hughes Kramer, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Kentaro Noda, PhD – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Naomi Ryssel, MPH – UPMC

  Co-Author: Andrew Craig, BS – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Timothy A. Blauwkamp, PhD – Karius Inc

  Co-Author: Matthew Morrell, MD – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Chadi Hage, MD – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Mark Snyder, MD – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Pablo Sanchez, MD – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Alison Morris, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  Co-Author: Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• 1:57 PM – 2:09 PM US ET

  Detection of Mycobacterial Species from Specimens Submitted for Metagenomic Analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Joseph F. John, Jr., MD, FACP, FIDSA – Low Country Infectious Diseases, PA

  Co-Author: Michael G. Schmidt, PhD – Medical University of SC

  Co-Author: Courtney L. Jarvis, PhD – MicroGenDX

  Co-Author: Niccole Diaz, BS – MicroGenDx

  Co-Author: Rick Martin, BS – MicroGenDX
• 2:09 PM – 2:21 PM US ET

  Pooled RNA Metagenomics to Enable Scalable, Unbiased Pathogen Detection and Surveillance
  

  Presenting Author: Katelyn S. Messer, BS (she/her/hers) – Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

  Co-Author: Gordon Adams, BA – Massachusetts General Hospital

  Co-Author: Jillian S. Paull, A.B. – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Jonathan Livny, PhD – Broad Institute

  Co-Author: Jacob Lemieux, M.D., D.Phil. – Massachusetts General Hospital

  Co-Author: Daniel J. Park, PhD – Broad Institute

  Co-Author: Pardis C. Sabeti, MD, PhD – Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Katherine J. Siddle, PhD – Brown University
• 2:21 PM – 2:33 PM US ET

  Clinical Utility of 16S rRNA Sequencing and Impact on Outcomes in Adults with Suspected Infection
  

  Presenting Author: Kaitlyn Weinert-Stein, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  Co-Author: Leila S. Hojat, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University/ University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  Co-Author: Sree Sarah Cherian, MD – University Hospitals - Cleveland Medical Center

  Co-Author: Peter Paul Lim, MD, FAAP – Avera McKennan University Health Center

  Co-Author: Ankita P. Desai, MD – University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospitals

  Co-Author: Mackenzie Cater, MD – Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals

  Co-Author: Ana Khazan, MD, MPH – Case Western Reserve/University Hospitals

  Co-Author: Reem Azem, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  Co-Author: LeAnne Moore, PharmD – Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

  Co-Author: Lisa M, Stempak, MD – University Hospitals
• 2:33 PM – 2:45 PM US ET

  Identification of Fungal Pathogens In Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) Tissues by Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Technology
  

  Presenting Author: Marissa C. Totten, MA – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Christopher P. Morris, MD, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Author: Pramila Ariyaratne, n/a – Vela Diagnostics

  Co-Author: Tony Zhang, n/a – Vela Diagnostics

  Co-Author: Sean Zhang, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

  Co-Author: Charlie Lee, Ph.D – Vela Diagnostics
• 2:45 PM – 2:57 PM US ET

  Clinical Validation of a Novel Point of Care Mp1p Antigen Lateral Flow Immunoassay to Diagnose Talaromyces marneffei Infection
  

  Presenting Author: Sruthi Venugopalan, MBBS – Duke University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Thu Nguyen, Master – Duke University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Konner Bloss, B.S. Chemistry – IMMY

  Co-Author: Helen Xu (she/her/hers) – Duke University

  Co-Author: Vo Trieu Ly, n/a – University of medicine and pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

  Co-Author: Ngo Thi Hoa, PhD – OUCRU

  Co-Author: Jianpiao Cai, BSc – Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong

  Co-Author: Jasper FW Chan, MBBS(HK), MD(HK), FIDSA – The University of Hong Kong

  Co-Author: Kwok-Yung Yuen, MD – The University of Hong Kong

  Co-Author: Thuy Le, MD, PhD – Duke University School of Medicine