61 - Do breakpoints matter? The fungal story

Friday, October 1, 2021

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM 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)

Nathan Wiederhold, PharmD

Professor
University of Texas Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX, United States

Astellas (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; BioMerieux (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Covance (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; F2G (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Sfunga (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support
Mariana Castanheira, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer
JMI Laboratories
North Liberty, IA, United States

Affinity Biosensors (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Allergan (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Amicrobe, Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Amplyx Pharma (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Artugen Therapeutics USA, Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Astellas (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Basilea (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; BIDMC (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; bioMerieux Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; BioVersys Ag (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Bugworks (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Cidara (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Cipla (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Contrafect (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Cormedix (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Crestone, Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Curza (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; CXC7 (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Entasis (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Fedora Pharmaceutical (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Fimbrion Therapeutics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Fox Chase (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; GlaxoSmithKline (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Guardian Therapeutics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Hardy Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; IHMA (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Janssen Research & Development (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Johnson & Johnson (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Kaleido Biosceinces (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; KBP Biosciences (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Luminex (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Matrivax (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Mayo Clinic (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Medpace (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Melinta (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Menarini (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Merck (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Meridian Bioscience Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Micromyx (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; MicuRx (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; N8 Medical (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Nabriva (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; National Institutes of Health (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; National University of Singapore (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; North Bristol NHS Trust (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Novome Biotechnologies (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Paratek (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Pfizer (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Prokaryotics Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; QPEX Biopharma (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Rhode Island Hospital (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; RIHML (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Roche (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Roivant (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Salvat (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Scynexis (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; SeLux Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Shionogi (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Specific Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Spero (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; SuperTrans Medical LT (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; T2 Biosystems (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; The University of Queensland (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Thermo Fisher Scientific (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Tufts Medical Center (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Universite de Sherbrooke (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; University of Iowa (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; University of Wisconsin (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; UNT System College of Pharmacy (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; URMC (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; UT Southwestern (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; VenatoRx (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Viosera Therapeutics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Wayne State University (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support

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.

Nathan P. Wiederhold, PharmD: Astellas (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; BioMerieux (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Covance (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; F2G (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; Sfunga (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support

Mariana Castanheira, PhD: Affinity Biosensors (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Allergan (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Amicrobe, Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Amplyx Pharma (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Artugen Therapeutics USA, Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Astellas (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Basilea (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; BIDMC (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; bioMerieux Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; BioVersys Ag (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Bugworks (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Cidara (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Cipla (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Contrafect (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Cormedix (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Crestone, Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Curza (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; CXC7 (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Entasis (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Fedora Pharmaceutical (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Fimbrion Therapeutics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Fox Chase (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; GlaxoSmithKline (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Guardian Therapeutics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Hardy Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; IHMA (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Janssen Research & Development (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Johnson & Johnson (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Kaleido Biosceinces (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; KBP Biosciences (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Luminex (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Matrivax (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Mayo Clinic (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Medpace (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Melinta (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Menarini (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Merck (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Meridian Bioscience Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Micromyx (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; MicuRx (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; N8 Medical (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Nabriva (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; National Institutes of Health (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; National University of Singapore (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; North Bristol NHS Trust (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Novome Biotechnologies (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Paratek (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Pfizer (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Prokaryotics Inc. (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; QPEX Biopharma (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Rhode Island Hospital (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; RIHML (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Roche (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Roivant (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Salvat (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Scynexis (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; SeLux Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Shionogi (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Specific Diagnostics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Spero (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; SuperTrans Medical LT (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; T2 Biosystems (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; The University of Queensland (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Thermo Fisher Scientific (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Tufts Medical Center (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Universite de Sherbrooke (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; University of Iowa (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; University of Wisconsin (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; UNT System College of Pharmacy (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; URMC (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; UT Southwestern (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; VenatoRx (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Viosera Therapeutics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support; Wayne State University (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Research Grant or Support

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-21-001-H01-P

Learning Objectives:

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

discuss how MIC breakpoints are established for fungi
explain how to apply MIC breakpoints to clinical care
describe the concept and utilization of epidemiologic cutoff values (ECVs)

Presentations:

Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Molds: When, Why, and How
Speaker: Nathan P. Wiederhold, PharmD – University of Texas Health San Antonio
Breakpoints in Yeast
Speaker: Mariana Castanheira, PhD – JMI Laboratories