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Adult ID

Epidemiology & Infection Control

Investigative ID

HIV-STD-TB

Pediatric ID

Trainee

Transplant

COVID
Symposium

26 - New Approaches to the Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Thursday, September 30, 2021
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM EDT

    Moderator(s)

  • Anne Blaschke, MD, PhD

    Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases
    University of Utah School of Medicine
    Salt Lake City, UT, United States

    BioFire Diagnostics, LLC (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member, Grant/Research Support, Intellectual property licensed to BioFire Diagnostics with royalties paid through the University of Utah, Other Financial or Material Support; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant

    • Speaker(s)

  • Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD

    Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Molecular Microbiology, Pediatrics, and Medicine
    Washington University
    St. Louis, MO, United States

    BioFire (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; bioMerieux (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support, Scientific Research Study Investigator, Speakers' bureau; Cepheid (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Grant/Research Support, Scientific Research Study Investigator; Luminex (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Scientific Research Study Investigator

  • Patricia (Trish) Simner, PhD, D(ABMM)

    Clinical Microbiologist/Associate Professor
    The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States

    Accelerate Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Affinity Biosensors (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Ares-Genetics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; BD Diagnostics, Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Grant/Research Support; CosmosID (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; GeneCapture (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; IDbyDNA (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Illumina (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; OpGen (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Grant/Research Support; Roche Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; Shionogi Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant

  • MS

    Michal Stein, MD

    Dr.
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases
    Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
    Hadera, HaMerkaz, Israel

    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:
Anne J. Blaschke, MD, PhD: BioFire Diagnostics, LLC (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member, Grant/Research Support, Intellectual property licensed to BioFire Diagnostics with royalties paid through the University of Utah, Other Financial or Material Support; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant
Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD: BioFire (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; bioMerieux (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support, Scientific Research Study Investigator, Speakers' bureau; Cepheid (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Grant/Research Support, Scientific Research Study Investigator; Luminex (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Scientific Research Study Investigator
Patricia (Trish) Simner, PhD, D(ABMM): Accelerate Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Affinity Biosensors (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Ares-Genetics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; BD Diagnostics, Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Grant/Research Support; CosmosID (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; GeneCapture (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; IDbyDNA (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Illumina (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; OpGen (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Grant/Research Support; Roche Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; Shionogi Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant
Michal Stein, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

No CME or CPE Credit Offered

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • explain how biomarkers can be used to guide evaluation and treatment for patients with respiratory infection
  • evaluate the utility of multiplex panels in the diagnosis and management of respiratory infection
  • describe next-generation sequencing and how it is being used in the diagnosis and management of respiratory infection

Presentations:

  • Molecular Syndromic Panels for Pneumonia: Useful or Wasteful?

    Speaker: Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD – Washington University

  • Next-generation Sequencing Approaches to Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

    Speaker: Patricia (Trish) Simner, PhD, D(ABMM) – The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • Using Biomarkers to Guide Test Utilization And/or Treatment

    Speaker: Michal Stein, MD – Hillel Yaffe Medical Center