November 16th – Thursday

Ball Room

• 08:00 - 09:00

  Meet the Expert: USING METAGENOMICS AT BEDSIDE: A CLINICAL CASE DISCUSSION

  Chair: VÂNIA APARECIDA VICENTE (BRAZIL) 
  Speaker:  ALBERTO CHEBABO (BRAZIL)
  
  
  

• 09:00 - 10:20

  Round Table: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF RARE YEAST INFECTIONS

  Chairs: JACQUES F. MEIS (THE NETHERLANDS) and INDIRA BERRIO MEDINA (COLOMBIA)

  09:00 - 09:20 - Recent changes in the taxonomy: what the clinician should be aware?
  ELAINE CRISTINA FRANCISCO DEL CIELLO (BRAZIL)

  09:20 - 10:40 - Epidemiology of rare yeasts in LATAM.
  JOÃO NÓBREGA DE ALMEIDA JÚNIOR (BRAZIL)

  09:40 - 10:00 - Clinical management of rare yeasts: guidelines and clinical experiences.
  JACQUES F. MEIS (THE NETHERLANDS)

  10:00 - 10:20 - Discussion
  
  10:20 - 10:45 - BREAK
  
  
  

• 10:45 - 12:00

  EUROPEAN CONFEDERATION OF MEDICAL MYCOLOGY (ECMM) Symposium: HOW TO DIAGNOSE INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN 2023

  Chairs: MARTIN HOENIGL (AUSTRIA) and FLÁVIO QUEIROZ TELLES (BRAZIL)

  10:45 - 11:05 - Updates on diagnosis of mucormycosis and less common filamentous fungi.
  ANA  ALASTRUEY-IZQUIERDO (SPAIN)

  11:05 - 11:25 - Update on diagnosis of aspergillus disease: from chronic forms to invasive disease.
  JEAN-PIERRE GANGNEUX (FRANCE)

  11:25 - 11:45 - Update on diagnosis of candidiasis and other yeast infections.
  MARTIN HOENIGL (AUSTRIA)

  11:45 - 12:00 - Discussion
  
  
  
  

• 12:00 - 13:30

  POSTER WALK

• 13:30 - 14:50

  Round Table: FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN HEMATOLOGY: REVISITING EVIDENCES OF REAL LIFE

  Chairs: MARCIA GARNICA MAIOLINO (BRAZIL) and RICARDO RABAGLIATI (CHILE)

  13:30 - 13:50 - Prophylaxis in Allo-HSCT: critical review of alternatives available
  MARCIA GARNICA MAIOLINO (BRAZIL)

  13:30 - 13:50 - Prophylaxis in acute myeloid leukemia
  RICARDO RABAGLIATI (CHILE)

  14:00 -14:30 - Knowledge gaps in candidemia/ invasive candidiasis in haematological cancer patients
  DIMITRIUS KONTOYANES (USA) - prerecorded

  14:30 -14:50 - Discussion
  
  14:50 - 15:30 - BREAK
  
  
  

• 15:30 - 16:50

  Round Table: UPDATES ON CANDIDEMIA IN LATAM

  Chairs: DIEGO RODRIGUES FALCI (BRAZIL) and JORGE CORTES (COLOMBIA)

  15:30 - 15:50 - Epidemiology of candidemia
  FERNANDO RIERA (ARGENTINA)

  15:50 - 16:10 - Algorithms for the clinical management of candidemia in ICU
  JORGE CORTES (COLOMBIA)

  16:10 - 16:30 - Diagnostic stewardship in candidemia
  JOSEPH CORNELIUS CLANCY (USA)

  16:30 - 16:50 - Discussion
  
  16:50 - 17:10 - BREAK
  
  
  

• 17:10 - 18:15

  Symposium NEGLECTED IMPLANTATION MYCOSES: GETTING OUT FROM UNDER THE SKIN

  Chairs: ALEXANDRO BONIFAZ (MÉXICO) and FLÁVIO QUEIROZ TELLES (BRAZIL)

  17:10 - 17:25 - Neglected implantation mycoses – a call for global surveillance.
  DALLAS SMITH (USA)

  17:25 - 17:40 - Real-world data for repurposed drugs to treat implantation mycoses.
  KEYLA TUMAS (USA)
  
  17:40 - 17:55 - Antifungal drugs: what´s new for forgotten diseases.
  FRANCELISE BRIDI CAVASSIN (BRAZIL)

  17:55 - 18:15 - Discussion
  
  
  

Marfim Room

• 08:00 - 09:00

  KIDS Meet the Expert: CLINICAL PEARLS IN PEDIATRICS

  Chairs: FABIANNE CARLESSE (BRAZIL) 
  
  Challenges in the treatment of CNS fungal infections.
  LAURA DE ALMEIDA LANZONI (BRAZIL)
  

  Multiples lesions in liver, spleen in a boy with leukemia.
  MARIA TERESA ROSANOVA (ARGENTINA)
  
  
  

• 09:00 - 10:20

  KIDS Round Table: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF UNUSUAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN

  Chairs: VINICIUS PONZIO (BRAZIL) and IVAN GUTIRREZ (COLOMBIA)
  
  09:00 - 09:20 - Pediatric cryptococcosis.
  VINICIUS PONZIO (BRAZIL)

  09:20 - 09:40 - Antifungal resistance in pediatric candidemia: is it a problem?
  FÁBIO DE ARAÚJO MOTTA (BRAZIL)

  09:40 - 10:00 - Fusariosis: lessons from our LATAM cohort.
  FABIANNE CARLESSE (BRAZIL)
  
  10:00 - 10:10 - 113 - epidemiological profile of fungal infections in a pediatric onco-hematological hospital
  

  LAURA DE ALMEIDA LANZONI (BRAZIL)

  10:10 - 10:20 - Discussion
  
  10:20 - 10:45 - BREAK
  
  
  

• 13:00 - 14:50

  KIDS Round Table: ANTIFUNGAL MANGEMENT IN PEDIATRICS

  Chairs: FABIANNE CARLESSE (BRAZIL) and MARIA TERESA ROSANOVA (ARGENTINA)

  13:30 - 13:50 - Challenges in hematology: prophylaxis, empirical or diagnostic driven approach
  ANDREAS H. GROLL (GERMANY) -prerecorded

  13:50 - 14:10 - Opportunities for antifungal stewardship in LATAM.
  IVAN GUTIRREZ (COLOMBIA)

  14:10 -14:30 - Neonates: prophylaxis or preemptive approaches?
  EMMANUEL ROILIDES (GREECE) -prerecorded

  14:30 - 14:40 - 108 - Use of amphotericin deoxycholate (d-amb) in pediatric patients, and implications of toxicity
  FELIPE GUEDES DA SILVA (BRAZIL)

  14:40 - 14:50 - Discussion
  
  14:50 - 15:30 - BREAK
  

  
  
  

• 15:30 - 16:50

  Round Table: NEW TRENDS IN THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE SYSTEMIC ENDEMIC MYCOSES IN LATAM

  Chairs: TOM CHILLER (USA) and GUSTAVO GIUSIANO (ARGENTINA)

  15:30 - 15:50 - Determinants of paracoccidioidomycosis incidence
  GUSTAVO GIUSIANO (ARGENTINA)

  15:50 -16:10 - Coccidioidomycosis: is it still a concern?
  ALEXANDRO BONIFAZ (MÉXICO)

  16:10 -16:30 - Sporotrichosis in HIV-AIDS patients
  DAYVISON FREITAS (BRAZIL)

  16:30 -16:50 - Discussion
  
  16:50 - 17:10 - BREAK