November 17th – Friday

Ball Room

  • 08:00 - 09:00

    Meet the Expert: ENHANCING SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH FUNGAL INFECTIONS: THE ROLE OF EARLY FUNGAL INFECTION SCREENING.

    Chair: BEATRIZ GOMEZ (COLOMBIA)
    Speaker: NARDA MEDINA SAMOYA (GUATEMALA)


  • 09:00 - 10:20

    Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI) Symposium shared with MSG: RECENT CLINICAL TRIALS ON FUNGAL INFECTIONS THAT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE!

    Chairs: CARLA SAKUMA DE OLIVEIRA BREDT (BRAZIL) and ALBERTO CHEBABO (BRAZIL)

    09:00 - 09:20 - Short course of lipossomal AMB in Histoplasmosis
    ALESSANDRO PASQUALOTTO (BRAZIL)

    09:20 - 09:40 - Reducing the duration of induction therapy with AMB in Cryptococcosis
    VINICIUS PONZIO (BRAZIL)

    09:40 - 10:00 - Key trials with rezafungin
    MARISA MICELI (USA)

    10:00-10:20 - Discussion

    10:20 - 10:45 - BREAK


  • 10:45 - 12:00

    Mycoses Study Group (MSG) Symposium: FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN THE ICU

    Chairs: JOSEPH CORNELIUS CLANCY (USA) and ARNALDO LOPES COLOMBO (BRAZIL)

    10:45 - 11:05 - Challenging situations with Candida auris in the ICU
    LUIS OSTROSKY-ZEICHNER (USA) - prerecorded

    11:05 - 11:25 - Challenges in the management of Aspergillus and other mold infections in critically ill patients
    MARISA MICELI (USA)

    11:25 - 11:45 - Beyond phenotypic resistance: why do IC patients in the ICU fail therapy?
    JOSEPH CORNELIUS CLANCY (USA)

    11:45-12:00 - Discussion




  • 12:00 - 13:30

    POSTER WALK
  • 13:30 - 15:00

    Round Table: FUNGAL OUTBREAKS IN LATAM

    Chairs: JACQUES F. MEIS (THE NETHERLANDS) and TOM CHILLER (USA)

    13:30 - 13:50 - Quo vadis Candida auris?
    JOÃO NÓBREGA DE ALMEIDA JÚNIOR (BRAZIL)

    13:50 - 14:10 - Fungal Meningitis in Mexico and USA
    TOM CHILLER (USA)

    14:10 - 14:30 - Case definition to start early therapy in sporotrichosis
    FLÁVIO QUEIROZ TELLES (BRAZIL)

    14:30 - 15:00 - Discussion

    15:30 - 16:00 - BREAK


  • 16:00 - 18:00

    ORAL PRESENTATION OF SELECTED ABSTRACTS

    16:00 - 16:12 - 131 - HISTOPLASMA ANTIGEN DETECTION: CONCURRENCE OF COLLABORATION AND OPPORTUNITY
    LAURENCE JOSEPH WHEAT ET AL – (USA) – prerecorded

    16:12 - 16:24 - 16 - EXPLORING INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTION DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT: A CROSS-CONTINENTAL COMPARISON BETWEEN BRAZIL AND EUROPE
    JON SALMANTON-GARCÍA ET AL (GERMANY – BRAZIL)

    16:24 - 16:36 - 49 - THE EQUAL SCORE DOES NOT PREDICT SURVIVAL AMONG COLOMBIAN PATIENTS WITH CANDIDEMIA
    JORGE ALBERTO CORTÉS, ET AL (COLOMBIA)

    16:36 - 16:48 - 117 - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS FOR TRICHOSPORON ISOLATION FROM 2018 TO 2022 FROM A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SALVADOR-BA
    GABRIELA NORONHA MARQUES, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    16:48 - 17:00 - 74 - FUSARIOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA: A 26-CASE SERIES.
    RAQUEL KEIKO DE LUCA ITO, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    17:00 - 17:12 - 140 - INCORPORATING MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS FOR PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA INTO
    ADVANCED HIV CARE: INSIGHTS FROM GUATEMALA

    NARDA MEDINA, ET AL (GUATEMALA)

    17:12 - 17:24 - 130 - HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS DUE TO CRYPTOCOCCOSIS, HISTOPLASMOSIS, PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS AND COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS IN BRAZIL: A NATIONWIDE SURVEILLANCE STUDY OF 4,332 HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS BETWEEN 2018-2022
    FRANCELISE BRIDI CAVASSIN, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    17:24 - 17:36 - 76 - ONE HEALTH APPROACH OF COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS IN ARGENTINA
    MARIANA NOELIA VIALE, ET AL (ARGENTINA)

    17:36 - 17:48 - 82 - CLINICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS
    ARLEN ESPERANZA CRUZ QUEZADA, ET AL (MEXICO)

    17:48 - 18:00 - 20 - DETECTION OF HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM URINARY ANTIGEN AS A PROGNOSTIC TOOL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HIV INFECTION
    BELEN MARIA DOMECQ, ET AL (ARGENTINA)

    18:00 -18:12 - 14 - SUBA-ITRACONAZOLE TECHNOLOGY IN THE TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL, SYSTEMIC AND IMPLANTATION CAUSED MYCOSES IN ARGENTINA
    FERNANDO MESSINA, ET AL (ARGENTINA)


Marfim Room

  • 08:00 - 09:00

    Meet the Expert: POINT OF CARE TESTS IN FUNGAL INFECTIONS

    Speakers: NORMA FERNANDEZ (ARGENTINA) and JOÃO NÓBREGA DE ALMEIDA JÚNIOR (BRAZIL)


  • 09:00 - 10:20

    Round Table: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS

    Chairs: DIEGO CACERES (COLOMBIA) and DANIEL WAGNER DE CASTRO L. SANTOS (BRAZIL)

    09:00  -09:20 - What may we expect from metagenomics in Medical Mycology?
    VÂNIA APARECIDA VICENTE (BRAZIL)

    09:20 - 09:40 - New perspectives for MALDI-TOF in fungal diagnosis
    JOÃO NÓBREGA DE ALMEIDA JÚNIOR (BRAZIL)

    09:40-10:00 - Optimizing histopathological diagnosis of mycosis
    BEATRIZ GOMEZ (COLOMBIA)

    10:00-10:20 - Discussion

    10:20 - 10:45 - BREAK


  • 13:30 - 15:00

    Round Table: NEW TRENDS IN ANTIFUGAL RESISTANCE

    Chairs: JULIA DEL PILAR RIVAS PINEDO (COLOMBIA) and NORMA
    FERNANDEZ (ARGENTINA)

    13:30 - 13:50 - Updating the status of Candida glabrata MDR
    JOSÉ OÑATE (COLOMBIA)

    13:50 - 14:10 - How to combat the dissemination of Candida parapsilosis resistance to uconazole?
    TBD

    14:10 - 14:30 - Aspergillus fumigatus azole resistance: is it a concern for LATAM?
    GUILLERMO GARCÍA EFFRON (ARGENTINA)

    14:30 - 15:00 - Discussion

    15:30 - 16:00 - BREAK


  • 16:00 - 18:00

    ORAL PRESENTATION OF SELECTED ABSTRACTS

    Chairs: NORMA FERNANDEZ (ARGENTINA), BEATRIZ GOMEZ (COLOMBIA); DAYVISON FREITAS (BRAZIL)

    16:00 - 16:12 - 15 - A DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY HUB FOR GLOBAL ACCESS TO DIAGNOSES OF FUNGAL DISEASE IN SANTA FE PROVINCE, ARGENTINA.
    GAMARRA MS, LOAIZA-OLIVA M, ET AL (ARGENTINA)

    16:12 - 16:24 - 34 - ASPERGILLUS SECTION FUMIGATI NONA. FUMIGATUS IN ARGENTINA IN THE LAST 40 YEARS (1984-2023)
    ALEJANDRA INÉS HEVI,A ET AL (ARGENTINA)

    16:24 - 16:36 - 77 - ASSESSMENT OF VIRULENCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF CANDIDA ALBICANS RESPONSIBLE FOR PERSISTENT CANDIDEMIA
    FELIPE DE CAMARGO RIBEIRO, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    16:36 - 16:48 - 35 - 10 YEARS OF PANFUNGAL PCR DIAGNOSTICS
    NICOLAS REFOJO, ET AL (ARGENTINA)

    16:48 - 17:00 – 81 - SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF PARACOCCIDIOIDES SPP. INFECTION IN DOGS OF FOZ DO IGUAÇU, SOUTHERN BRAZIL
    AÇUCENA VELEH RIVAS, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    17:00 - 17:12 - 126 - UNEXPECTED FINDINGS OF PATHOGENS IN BRAZILIAN CAVES USING METAGENOMIC TOOLS
    MARIA EDUARDA GRISOLIA, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    17:12 - 17:24 - 129 - HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR SPOROTRICHOSIS IN BRAZIL, 2018 – 2022
    MARIA ADELAIDE MILLINGTON, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    17:24 - 17:36 - 134 - EPIDEMIOLOGIC PROFILE OF HUMAN CASES OF CAT-TRANSMITTED SPOROTRICHOSIS (CTS) CAUSED BY Sporothrix brasiliensis IN THE STATE OF PARANÁ - BRAZIL, 2022-2023
    LEIA REGINA DA SILVA, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    17:36 - 17:48 - 53 - GEOSPATIAL ANALYSES OF CAT-TRANSMITTED SPOROTRICHOSIS IN A HYPERENDEMIC CITY FROM RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
    CASSIANE FERREIRA LESSA DOS SANTOS, ET AL (BRAZIL)

    17:48 - 18:00 - 33 - SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS SPREAD IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY SINGLE CLONAL CLADE
    ANTONIUS DE GROOT, ET AL (THE NETHERLANDS)

    18:00 - 18:12 - 104 - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE OF  SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS DETECTED IN HUMANS, ANIMALS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, IN CHILE.
    PAMELA THOMSON, ET AL (CHILE)

    18:12 -18:24 - 93 - SPOROTRICHOSIS IN PREGNANT WOMEN: EXPERIENCE OF A REFERENCE CENTER IN A HYPERENDEMIC REGION 
    DAYVISON FRANCIS SARAIVA FREITAS, ET AL (BRAZIL)


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  • 20:00 - 23:00

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