#109 – IDWeek 2024 Recap: Practice Changing Papers and ID Potpourri

We are back with more exciting IDWeek 2024 content. In this episode, Breakpoints hostesses Drs. Erin McCreary, Julie Ann Justo, Jeannette Bouchard, and Megan Klatt highlight more of our favorite sessions and posters at IDWeek, this episode is a must listen if you are an IDWeek nerd like us!

References:

  1. Perret et al. Application of OpenAI GPT-4 for the retrospective detection of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a fictitious and curated patient data set. 10.1017/ice.2023.189
  2. Wiemken et al. Assisting the infection preventionist: Use of artificial intelligence for health care–associated infection surveillance. 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.02.007
  3. Leekha et al. Evaluation of hospital-onset bacteraemia and fungaemia in the USA as a potential healthcare quality measure: a cross-sectional study. 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016831
  4. Diekema et al. Are Contact Precautions “Essential” for the Prevention of Healthcare-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus? 10.1093/cid/ciad571
  5. Martin et al. Contact precautions for MRSA and VRE: where are we now? A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network. 10.1017/ash.2024.350
  6. Browne et al. Investigating the effect of enhanced cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment on health-care-associated infections in Australia (CLEEN): a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised, controlled trial. 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00399-2
  7. Protect trial: Decolonization in Nursing Homes to Prevent Infection and Hospitalization. 10.1056/NEJMoa2215254
  8. Aldardeer et al. Early Versus Late Antipseudomonal β-Lactam Antibiotic Dose Adjustment in Critically Ill Sepsis Patients With Acute Kidney Injury: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study. 10.1093/ofid/ofae059
  9. Schmiemann et al. Effects of a multimodal intervention in primary care to reduce second line antibiotic prescriptions for urinary tract infections in women: parallel, cluster randomised, controlled trial. 10.1136/bmj-2023-076305
  10. Vernacchio et al. Improving Short Course Treatment of Pediatric Infections: A Randomized Quality Improvement Trial. 10.1542/peds.2023-063691
  11. Advani et al. Bacteremia From a Presumed Urinary Source in Hospitalized Adults With Asymptomatic Bacteriuria. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.2283
  12. Saif et al. Clinical decision support for gastrointestinal panel testing. 10.1017/ash.2024.15
  13. Bekker et al. Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention in Cisgender Women. 10.1056/NEJMoa2407001
  14. Montini et al. Short Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Pediatric Febrile Urinary Tract Infections: A Randomized Trial. 10.1542/peds.2023-062598
  15. Nielsen et al. Oral versus intravenous empirical antibiotics in children and adolescents with uncomplicated bone and joint infections: a nationwide, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial in Denmark. 10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00133-0
  16. Kaasch et al. Efficacy and safety of an early oral switch in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABATO): an international, open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00756-9
  17. AMIKINHAL: Inhaled Amikacin to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. 10.1056/NEJMoa2310307
  18. PROPHY-VAP: Ceftriaxone to prevent early ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with acute brain injury: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, assessor-masked superiority trial. 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00471-X
  19. AVENIR: Azithromycin to Reduce Mortality — An Adaptive Cluster-Randomized Trial. 10.1056/NEJMoa2312093
  20. Thomas et al. Comparison of Two High-Dose Versus Two Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccines in Adult Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. 10.1093/cid/ciad458
  21. Schuster et al. The Durability of Antibody Responses of Two Doses of High-Dose Relative to Two Doses of Standard-Dose Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients: A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial. 10.1093/cid/ciad534
  22. Mahadeo et al. Tabelecleucel for allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell or solid organ transplant recipients with Epstein-Barr virus-positive post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease after failure of rituximab or rituximab and chemotherapy (ALLELE): a phase 3, multicentre, open-label trial. 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00649-6
  23. Khoury et al. Third-party virus-specific T cells for the treatment of double-stranded DNA viral reactivation and posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease after solid organ transplant. 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.04.009
  24. Spec et al. MSG-15: Super-Bioavailability Itraconazole Versus Conventional Itraconazole in the Treatment of Endemic Mycoses—A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Comparative Trial. 10.1093/ofid/ofae010

Julie Ann Justo, PharmD, MS, BCPS-AQ ID

Julie Ann Justo is a clinical pharmacist lead of infectious diseases at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center as well as an adjunct clinical associate professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. Dr. Justo received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy where she then went on to complete at PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and a 3-year Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy. She also received a Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Science from the UIC School of Public Health.

Jeannette Bouchard, PharmD, BCIDP

Jeannette Bouchard is a clinical pharmacist liaison at the Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network (DASON) in North Carolina. Dr. Bouchard received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Regis University School of Pharmacy in Denver, Colorado where she then went on to complete a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at UPMC Shadyside followed by a PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency and Fellowship at the University of South Carolina/Prisma Health Hospital.

Megan Klatt, PharmD, BCIDP, DPLA

Megan Klatt is an infectious diseases clinical pharmacist at the University of Kansas Health System. Dr. Klatt received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan where she then went on to complete a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice residency at UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin followed by a PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency at University of Michigan.

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