30 - Challenging Cases in Infectious Diseases

Thursday, October 12, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Location: Ballroom (Third Floor)

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Adarsh Bhimraj, MD

Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship and Education
Division of Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX, United States

Interactive Moderator(s)

Robert Read, MD (he/him/his)

Professor of Infectious Diseases
University of Southampton
Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Panelist(s)

Souha Kanj, Pr (she/her/hers)

Head of Infectious Diseases division
Internal Medicine
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
DP

David Paterson

National University of Singapore, Singapore
TH

Thomas Holland, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Hana El Sahly, MD

Professor
Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States

Disclosure(s):

Adarsh Bhimraj, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Robert C. Read, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Souha S. Kanj, Pr: Basilia: Honoraria (Ongoing); Gilead Biosciences: Honoraria (Ongoing); Menarini Ricerche S.p.A.: Honoraria (Ongoing); Merck and Company, Inc.: Honoraria (Ongoing); Pfizer, Inc.: Honoraria (Ongoing)

David Paterson: AMR Action Fund: Board Member (Ongoing); Entasis: Board Member (Ongoing); Merck: Board Member (Ongoing); Pfizer: Board Member (Ongoing); QPex: Board Member (Ongoing); Venatorx: Board Member (Ongoing)

Thomas L. Holland, MD: Aridis: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Basilea Pharmaceutica: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Karius: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Lysovant: Advisor/Consultant (Terminated)

Hana M. El Sahly, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

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

explain differential diagnosis for complex cases with suspected infections;
analyze infectious and noninfectious causes of inflammatory syndromes;
describe the principles of diagnostic reasoning in the approach of a complex case with a suspected infection.

Presentations:

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM US ET

Case Presentation #1
Case Presenter: Jaime D. Acosta España, M.D (he/him/his) – UISEK / PUCE / FSU / HKI
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM US ET

Case Presentation #2
Case Presenter: Jacob E. Khoury, MD (he/him/his) – Tulane University School of Medicine
Co-Author: Lauren Ogawa, DO – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Co-Author: Philip Yeon, MD, MPHTM – Tulane University School of Medicine; Southeastern Louisiana Veteran's Health Care System
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM US ET

Case Presentation #3
Case Presenter: Padraig McGettrick, MD PhD – Cambridge University Hospital
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM US ET

Case Presentation #4
Case Presenter: Adrian Keith Noronha (he/him/his) – Christian Medical College and Hospital
Co-Author: Priscilla Rupali, MD, DTM&H,FRCP,FIDSA (she/her/hers) – Christian Medical College
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Case Presentation #5
Case Presenter: Emily Lydon, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco Infectious Diseases
Co-Author: Ian Boothby, PhD – UCSF School of Medicine