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Activity Title: Antifungal Stewardship - Talaromyces Marneffei and Cryptococcus Neoformans
Release Date: May 18, 2021
Estimated Time to Complete Activity: 70 minutes
Statement of Need:
The aim of implementing an antifungal stewardship program is to optimize the use of antifungal drugs to achieve the best outcomes while minimizing adverse events and the emergence of resistance. Antifungal stewardship is less established than antibacterial stewardship because of a narrower and more complex evidence base along with fewer available drugs. Moreover, the diagnosis of fungal infections can be complex with an urgent need for reliable noninvasive and rapid diagnostic tests that can be used across different resource levels.
During this session, experts provide updates on the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and prevention strategies for Cryptococcus neoformans and Talaromyces marneffei (formerly Penicillium marneffei), both important opportunistic pathogens in patients with AIDS and other immunosuppressive conditions. Focus is on diagnostic options and treatment and prevention strategies in areas with highest burden of disease, from Southeast Asia to southern China and sub-Saharan Africa.
Experts discuss how antifungal stewardship programs can take a multi-pronged approach to ensure timely testing and suitable prescribing and how institutional guidelines can guide diagnostic testing in at-risk populations; appropriate choice, dose, and duration of antifungal agents; therapeutic drug monitoring; and opportunities for de-escalation and intravenous-to-oral conversion for these pathogens.
Faculty:
Thuy Le, MD, DPhil
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Professor Henry Mwandumba
Deputy Director
Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Research Programme (MLW) in Blantyre, Malawi
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Supported by an Unrestricted Educational Grant from BioMerieux
Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to:
- Discuss implementing an antifungal stewardship program to optimize the use of antifungal drugs to achieve the best outcomes while minimizing adverse events and the emergence of resistance
- Reiterate why Antifungal stewardship is less established than antibacterial stewardship
- Describe how the diagnosis of fungal infections can be complex, and underscores the need for reliable noninvasive and rapid diagnostic tests that can be used across different resource levels.
- Discuss updates on the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and prevention strategies for Cryptococcus neoformans and Talaromyces marneffei (formerly Penicillium marneffei)
- Restate diagnostic options, treatment and prevention strategies in areas with the highest burden of disease, from Southeast Asia to southern China and sub-Saharan Africa.
- Relate how antifungal stewardship programs can take a multi-pronged approach to ensure timely testing and suitable prescribing
- Explain how institutional guidelines can guide diagnostic testing in at-risk populations; appropriate choice, dose, and duration of antifungal agents; therapeutic drug monitoring; and opportunities for de-escalation and intravenous-to-oral conversion for these pathogens.
Physicians, nurses, public health officials, researchers, and other health professionals
Stott KE, Loyse A, Jarvis JN, Alufandika M, Harrison TS, Mwandumba HC, Day JN, Lalloo DG, Bicanic T, Perfect JR, Hope W. Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis: time for action. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 16:S1473-3099(20)30771-4. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30771-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33872594. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33872594/
Le T, Kinh NV, Cuc NTK, Tung NLN, Lam NT, Thuy PTT, Cuong DD, Phuc PTH, Vinh VH, Hanh DTH, Tam VV, Thanh NT, Thuy TP, Hang NT, Long HB, Nhan HT, Wertheim HFL, Merson L, Shikuma C, Day JN, Chau NVV, Farrar J, Thwaites G, Wolbers M; IVAP Investigators. A Trial of Itraconazole or Amphotericin B for HIV-Associated Talaromycosis. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 15;376(24):2329-2340. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1613306. PMID: 28614691. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28614691/
Klus J, Ly VT, Chan C, Le T. Prognosis and treatment effects of HIV-associated talaromycosis in a real-world patient cohort. Med Mycol. 2021 Apr 6;59(4):392-399. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myab005. PMID: 33644813; PMCID: PMC8023982. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33644813/
Johnson MD, Lewis RE, Dodds Ashley ES, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Zaoutis T, Thompson GR, Andes DR, Walsh TJ, Pappas PG, Cornely OA, Perfect JR, Kontoyiannis DP. Core Recommendations for Antifungal Stewardship: A Statement of the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium. J Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 5;222(Suppl 3):S175-S198. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa394. PMID: 32756879; PMCID: PMC7403757.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32756879/
Joint Commission Resources: Antifungal Stewardship: A Practical Guide to Implementation. 2019. https://store.jcrinc.com/assets/1/7/antifungal_tool.pdf
Supported by an Unrestricted Educational Grant from BioMerieux
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Dr. Thuy Le's disclosure:
Grants/Research Support: Gilead Science
Professor Henry Mwandumba has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation
Moderator Disclosures:
Professor Sophie Yacoub has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program/presentation
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Antifungal Stewardship - Talaromyces Marneffei and Cryptococcus Neoformans
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