98 - Antimicrobial Stewardship Challenges in Transplant Infectious Diseases

Speaker(s)

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  Gabrielle Haeusler, MBBS, FRACP, PhD

  Infectious Diseases Physician
  Royal Children's Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne
  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  Disclosure: Medical Research Future Fund : Grant/Research Support (Status: Ongoing); National Health and Medical Research Council : Grant/Research Support (Status: Terminated --- 2018); Victorian Cancer Agency : Grant/Research Support (Status: Terminated --- 2019)
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  Christopher Polage, MD

  University of California, Davis
  Durham, North Carolina

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Susan Seo, MD

  Director, Antibiotic Management Program
  Infectious Diseases Service
  Memorial Sloan Kettering
  New York, New York

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Learning Objectives:

• discuss ways to treat C. difficile in complex, antibiotic-treated transplant patients
• discuss the different approaches to antibiotic stewardship in febrile neutropenia
• describe how to use antifungal prophylaxis wisely in high-risk transplant populations

Presentations:

• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  Approaches to Antibiotic Stewardship in Febrile Neutropenia – Balancing Risks and Benefits
  Gabrielle M. Haeusler, MBBS, FRACP, PhD – Royal Children's Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne
• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  Difficult Diarrhea: C. difficile in Complex, Antibiotic Treated Transplant Patients
  Christopher R. Polage, MD – University of California, Davis
• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  Using Antifungal Prophylaxis Wisely in High-risk Transplant Populations
  Susan K. Seo, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering