Episode 9—Combating Antifungal Resistance in the Hospital Setting
In this episode, we bring clinical and public health experts together to discuss strategies to combat antifungal resistance in the hospital setting. The webinar features:
- Peter G. Pappas, MD, FACP, a mycology expert at University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses his experience in advocating for the inclusion of antifungal stewardship in the antimicrobial stewardship program at his institution
- Teny M. John, MD, an infectious diseases clinician working to add antifungal stewardship to the stewardship program at his cancer center
- Experts from CDC working with epidemiologic data toward developing best practices in antifungal stewardship
In this interactive session, you will learn about and discuss:
- The epidemiology of resistant mycoses in hospital settings (including resistant Candida, Aspergillus, and non-Aspergillus mold species)
- The importance of monitoring for resistance
- Prophylaxis protocols
- Diagnostic and susceptibility testing
- Therapeutic drug monitoring as components of antifungal stewardship