181 - Follow-Up Blood Cultures in Bloodstream Infection: Who Needs 'Em?

Friday, October 21, 2022

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Location: 202 AB

Watch the live stream on the conference website.

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Thomas Holland, MD

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

Disclosure(s): Aridis: Advisor/Consultant (); Basilea Pharmaceutica: Advisor/Consultant (); Karius: Advisor/Consultant (); Lysovant: Advisor/Consultant ()
Stacey Maskarinec, MD, PHD

Assistant Professor
Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Faculty(s)

Valeria Fabre, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides
Majdi Al-Hasan, MBBS

Clinical Professor and Medical Director of Research
Department of Internal Medicine
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides
Carol Kauffman, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA

Professor Emerita
Infectious Diseases Section
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Disclosure(s): Cidara Therapeutics: data safety monitoring board (Terminated); Laboratoires SMB S.A.: Data Safety Monitoring Board (Terminated)

Slides

Disclosure(s):

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

Stacey Maskarinec, MD, PHD: No financial relationships to disclose

Valeria Fabre, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Majdi N. Al-Hasan, MBBS: No financial relationships to disclose

Carol A. Kauffman, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA: Cidara Therapeutics: data safety monitoring board (Terminated); Laboratoires SMB S.A.: Data Safety Monitoring Board (Terminated)

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 contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-22-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

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

identify risk factors for persistent bloodstream infections;
appreciate the prognostic value of follow-up blood cultures;
apply clinical criteria to decide when patients require follow-up blood cultures

Presentations:

3:15 PM – 3:40 PM US ET

Follow-Up Blood Cultures in S. aureus and Other Gram-Positive Pathogens Bacteremia
Speaker: Valeria Fabre, MD – Johns Hopkins University
3:40 PM – 4:05 PM US ET

Follow-Up Blood Cultures in Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infection
Speaker: Majdi N. Al-Hasan, MBBS – University of South Carolina School of Medicine
4:05 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Follow-Up Blood Cultures in Candidemia
Speaker: Carol A. Kauffman, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA – University of Michigan