26 - Challenging Cases in Infectious Diseases

Monday, October 20, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM US ET

Location: Ballroom (Hall B1)

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Interactive Moderator(s)

Zanthia Wiley, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, United States
RR

Robert Read, MD (he/him/his)

Professor of Infectious Diseases
University of Southampton
Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Panelist(s)

Souha Kanj, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Infectious Diseases, Chair of Infection Control Program
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, MD, MS, ScD, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor • Infectious Diseases
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, United States
Varun Phadke, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, United States
Abinash Virk, MD, DTM&H, FIDSA

Professor
Infectious Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, United States

Disclosure(s):

Zanthia Wiley, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Robert C. Read, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Souha S. Kanj, MD: Gilead: Honoraria; Hikma: Honoraria; MSD: Honoraria; Pfizer: Honoraria

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, MD, MS, ScD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Varun K. Phadke, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Abinash Virk, MD, DTM&H, FIDSA: No financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

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

explain differential diagnosis for complex cases with suspected infections;
analyze infectious and noninfectious causes of inflammatory syndromes;
describe the principles of diagnostic reasoning in the approach of a complex case with a suspected infection.

Presentations:

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM US ET

Case Presentation #1
Case Presenter: Maren Bell-Do, MD – Louisiana State University New Orleans
Co-Author: Abigail Cocco, DO – Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Co-Author: Dawn Blackburn, BVMS, MSc – CDC
Co-Author: Caroline A. Schrodt, MD, MSPH – US CDC BSPB
Co-Author: Anne Boyer, MS/PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Co-Author: William A. Bower, MD – CDC
Co-Author: Patricia Yu, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Co-Author: Cari A. Beesley, MS – CDC
Co-Author: Chung K. Marston, BS – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Co-Author: Katherine M. DeBord, MPH – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Co-Author: John Barr, n/a – US Centers for Disease Control
Co-Author: Alex R. Hoffmaster, PhD – CDC
Co-Author: Maribel Gallegos Candela, MS – CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ATLANTA - 75C191
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM US ET

Case Presentation #2
Case Presenter: Taniela M. Bes, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – MetroWest Medical Center
Co-Author: Sarah P. Hammond, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Author: Amir T. Fathi, MD – Massashussets General Hospital
Co-Author: Michael Mansour, MD – Massashussets General Hospital
Co-Author: Julie Palafox, NP – Massashussets General Hospital
Co-Author: Rex Neal Smith, MD, PhD – Massachussets General Hospital
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM US ET

Case Presentation #3
Case Presenter: Calvin Albrecht, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
Co-Author: Rick C. Starlin, MD – UNMC
Co-Author: Brian Sayles, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
Co-Author: Yolande Chan, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
Co-Author: Scott Stevenson, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM US ET

Case Presentation #4
Case Presenter: Rucha Karad
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM US ET

Case Presentation #5
Case Presenter: Ava Diarra