42 - Unwanted guests: when fungi complicate patient care

Thursday, September 30, 2021

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Moderator(s)

Jeniel Nett, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, United States

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

Speaker(s)

Deborah Hogan, PhD

Professor
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Martin Hoenigl, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego
San Diego, California, United States

Astellas (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; F2G (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Gilead (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Pfiyer (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Scýnexis (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support
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Lindsay Kalan, PhD

Assistant Professor
Medical Microbiology & Immunology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, United States

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

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Jeniel E. Nett, MD, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Deborah Hogan, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Martin Hoenigl, MD: Astellas (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; F2G (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Gilead (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Pfiyer (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Scýnexis (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support

Lindsay Kalan, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE credits

Learning Objectives:

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

identify COVID-19 as a risk factor for fungal infections
explain a role for fungi in diabetic foot wounds
recognize that the lung mycobiome may influence chronic lung infections

Presentations:

Chronic Fungal Lung Infections: Complications from diversity and heterogeneity
Speaker: Deborah Hogan, PhD – Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Fungal Infections in Patients with COVID-19: Aspergillosis, Mucormycosis and Candida infections
Speaker: Martin Hoenigl, MD – UC San Diego
Fungi and Delayed Healing in Diabetic Wounds
Speaker: Lindsay Kalan, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison