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Lung Abscess and Empyema in a Heart Transplant Recipient from Thailand
124.1 - Lung Abscess and Empyema in a Heart Transplant Recipient from Thailand
Presenter: Jackrapong Bruminhent, Brian Patrick Pogatchnik, Francisco Lopez Medrano, Ellen Nascimento, , ,
Authors: Jackrapong Bruminhent, Brian Patrick Pogatchnik, Francisco Lopez Medrano, Ellen Nascimento, Wanessa Clemente, Stephanie Pouch
Overview
This case involves a heart transplant recipient from Bangkok with a lung abscess. The discussion will focus on the differential diagnosis and the multidisciplinary approach adopted.
Learning Objectives
- Discussion of the clinical and epidemiological aspects of the case
- Analysis of the microbiological findings, pathological features and imaging
- Review of clinical and surgical management
Wanessa Clemente, Brazil
Chair
Bio
ID Physician in Liver Transplant Team
Chair of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
TTS-TID Councilor
Professor at the School of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine. Professional expertise and interest in Transplant Infection, Quality and safety in transplantation, Zoonoses, Travel, and Tropical Medicine, and applied Microbiology related to Healthcare infections. Currently an advisor of the Brazilian Transplant Infection Committee for the National Transplant Program and a board member of the Transplant Infection Committee (COINT) of the Brazilian Organ Transplant Association (ABTO) and a member of ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts - ESGICH.
Stephanie Pouch, USA
Chair
Bio
Emory University School of Medicine
Stephanie Pouch, MD, MS, FAST is an Associate Professor of Medicine and !transplant infectious diseases physician at Emory University School of Medicine. Her clinical and research interests include multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in transplant recipients, as well as donor evaluation and donor-derived infections. She is active within the transplant community, serving as a Councilor in the TIO Section ofTTS, Co-Chair of the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Disease Community of Practice's Donor Evaluation Working Group, and is a jmember of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Disease rrransmission AdviSOJI Committee.
Jackrapong Bruminhent, Thailand
Speaker
Bio
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department
of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital
Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Bruminhent received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2005. He then completed his internal medicine residency at St. Vincent's Medical Center, the University of Connecticut in Bridgeport, CT, USA, in 2011, followed by an infectious diseases fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, USA, in 2013. He later pursued a transplant infectious diseases fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. He is currently entitled an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Francisco Lopez Medrano, Spain
Panelist
Bio
Researcher in Infectious Diseases, Institute for Biomedical Research i+12
Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid
Field of interest: infection in immunosuppressed patients, specially solid organ transplant recipients
Brian Patrick Pogatchnik, USA
Panelist
Bio
Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Clinical assistant professor in cardiovascular and thoracic imaging in the Department of Radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Professional interests and expertise include the imaging of airways diseases, lung transplantation and valvular heart disease. Serves on the Society of Thoracic Radiology’s Practice Standards and Technical Guidelines Committee.
Ellen Nascimento, Brazil
Panelist
Bio
São Paulo – University of São Paulo
Pulmonary Pathology Group
Medical assistant of Hospital das Clinicas São Paulo, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo and Ph.D in Medical Science. Professional expertise and interest in Lung Transplant, Interstitial lung disease, pulmonary infection diseases and lung cancer. Currently, Pulmonary Pathology Society (PPS) councilor for South America.
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