82 - Challenging Cases in Infectious Diseases

Thursday, October 17, 2024

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US PT

Location: Ballroom (West Hall B)

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

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: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Interactive Moderator(s)

Robert Read, MD (he/him/his)

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

Moderator(s)

Zanthia Wiley, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, United States

Panelist(s)

Laila Woc-Colburn, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease
Emory University School of Medicine
Decatur, GA, United States
Allan Tunkel, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor of Medicine and Medical Science
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Wakefield, RI, United States
Mosepele Mosepele, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
University of Botswana
Gaborone, Southern, Botswana
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

Disclosure(s):

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

Zanthia Wiley, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Laila Woc-Colburn, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Allan R. Tunkel, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Mosepele Mosepele, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, 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:

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US PT

Case Presentation #1
Case Presenter: Maria D. Morel Almonte, MD (she/her/hers) – Jackson Memorial Hospital/ University of Miami
Co-Author: Carlos E. Plazola, MD – Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
Co-Author: Angel Porras, MD – Mt Sinai Medical Center
Co-Author: Grace Amable, MD – Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
Co-Author: Jordan Colson, MD – University of Miami Hospital
Co-Author: Laura Beauchamps, MD – Jackson Memorial Hospital/University Miami
Co-Author: Candice A. Sternberg, MD – Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US PT

Case Presentation #2
Case Presenter: Maria Koshy, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine
Co-Author: Shana Gleeson, MD – Yale School of Medicine
Co-Author: Matthew Grant, MD – Yale School of Medicine
Co-Author: Carrie Flynn, n/a – Yale School of Medicine
Co-Author: Jennifer McNiff, MD – Yale School of Medicine
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US PT

Case Presentation #3
Case Presenter: Daniel Stanton, MD (he/him/his) – UTMB Galveston
Co-Author: A Clinton Clinton White, Jr., MD – University of Texas Medical Branch
Co-Author: David Reynoso, MD, PhD – The University of Texas Medical Branch
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US PT

Case Presentation # 4
Case Presenter: Maria Eugenia Giacomini, MD (she/her/hers) – Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US PT

Case Presentation # 5
Case Presenter: Lara K. Rotter, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine