24th Annual St. Jude PIDS Conference

Maribeth Nicholson, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Joseph P. Zackular, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Co-Director, Center for Microbial Medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Maribeth R. Nicholson, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Vanderbilt University Medical Center Moderator: Kari Neemann, MD University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Arthur Chang, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases University of Nebraska Medical Center/Children's Nebraska Moderator: Gwenn Skar MD, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Toni Darville, MD Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology Chief Division of Infectious Diseases North Carolina Children's Hospital University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Neil Surana, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Duke University

Abstract Presentation 1: Transplant/ICH Muayad Alali, MD | Indiana University Implementation and Evaluation of a Repeat Blood Culture Guideline in Hospitalized Children with Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia

Abstract Presentation 2: Global Health Dhruv Gandhi, MBBS | Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India Demographic and Clinical Trends in Pediatric Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Mumbai, India from 2020-2023

Abstract Presentation 3: General Research Eleana Vasileiadi, MD | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Comparative outcomes of pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies with fluoroquinolone gram negative bacteremia vs fluoroquinolone susceptible gram negative bacteremia

9:00 – 9:15 AM Cytomegalovirus-specific T cell Immunity in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Daniel Dulek, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital Vanderbilt University Medical School

9:15 – 9:30 AM Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Requiring Hospitalization Among Non-Lung Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (pSOT) Maheswari (Mahi) Ekambaram MBBS, Fellow Pediatric Infectious Diseases Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Oral Abstracts Session 2

Moderator: Gwenn Skar MD, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center

Abstract Presentation 4: Transplant/ICH Alexander Plattner, MD, MBA (Washington University School of Medicine) Implementation and Clinical Impact of an Immunocompromised Infectious Diseases Service at a Large Academic Pediatric Hospital Abstract

Presentation 5: General Research Autumn Kittilson, BS | University of Minnesota Medical School Comparison of Geographic Variation of CMV Glycoprotein B Between Minnesotan and Ugandan Populations

TOPIC: Antibiotic Duration and Risk Stratification Schema for Patients with Fever and Neutropenia Adam Esbenshade, MD, MSCI John N. Lukens, Jr. Chair in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Maria Elena Santolaya, MD Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Dr Luis Calvo Mackenna Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Gabrielle Haeusler, MBBS, FRACP, PhD Acting Director, Department of Infectious Diseases Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract Presentation 6: Global Health Maria Jose Reyes Caceres, MD | UNITEC Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Pediatric Vaccination in Honduras: Insights and Challenges for Improving Immunization Coverage

Abstract Presentation 7: Conference Top Abstract Hayley Scheerer, MD | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Short Course Compared to Standard Antibiotic Courses for Treatment of Uncomplicated Gram-negative Bacteremia in Pediatric HCT Recipients

Case 1: Adam Lee, MD | Fellow, University of California, Irvine Finding Nemo

Case 2: Randal De Souza, MD | Fellow, Nationwide Children's Hospital Fantastic Yeasts and Where to Find Them

Case 3: Daniel Whitehurst, MD | Clinical Fellow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Pancytopenia Pandemonium

10:15 – 11:45 AM State of the Art - Pneumonia Moderator: Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH Arkansas Children's Hospital

10:15 – 10:40 AM F. Heath Damron, PhD Director, Vaccine Development Center West Virginia University Health Sciences

10:40 – 11:05 AM Alpana Waghmare, MD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Division of Infectious Diseases University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital

11:05 – 11:30 AM Gail Rodgers, MD Deputy Director, Pneumonia Gates Foundation