UNMC ID Research: Where to find us at the NIDS Meeting

The Nebraska Infectious Diseases Society (NIDS) annual meeting is this Friday, August 23rd. If you still need to register, check out our previous posts on the meeting and the keynote address for more information.

One of the most anticipated events held during the meeting is the poster session, which continues to grow each year and features fascinating cases and novel research, most of which is led by trainees, residents, and fellows. This year, the top abstracts in each category will also be presented orally. A huge congratulations to our top abstract winners: John Glassmann, who will present Data-driven strategies towards case management utilizing Tableau dashboard reporting and automation from the research category, and Sarah Uhm & Kari Havyer, who will present their clinical vignette Extrapulmonary Osteoarticular and CNS Tuberculosis: A Case Report. In addition to these talks, dozens of other fascinating projects will be presented as part of the poster session. Read on below for a digest of presenters to help plan your day.


Research Category:

Poster #Project TitlePresenting Author
2A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Utilization of Sputum Cultures in Hospitalized Patients with PneumoniaJennifer Zimmerman
17Inconsistent Participant Demographic Reporting in Published Antibiotic Clinical Trials Targeting Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative OrganismsDr. Evangeline Green
22Medicaid Insurance Expansion and its Association with HIV Outcomes in Nebraska, USA: An Observational Prospective Cohort StudyEmmanuel Essam
23Urine testing in the emergency department: an analysis of the frequency of inappropriate testing and an economic analysisAlex Larson
24A retrospective review of health disparities in achieving sustained virologic response in chronic Hepatitis C infection: A single center experienceEileen Leach
28Evaluating the Effects of Hepatitis C Treatment With Direct-Acting Antivirals on Glycemic Control in Patients With Diabetes MellitusRicky Rana
29Association Between Adherence Barriers and Pharmacy Refill History in People with HIV after Medicaid Expansion in Nebraska: An observational retrospective cohort study.Elizabeth Amato-Hanner
30Data-driven strategies towards case management utilizing Tableau dashboard reporting and automationJohn Glassman
33Duration of Daptomycin and Ceftaroline Dual Therapy in Salvage Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) Bacteremia Prior to Monotherapy De-escalationDr. Josh Lechner

Clinical Vignettes Category:

Poster #Project TitlePresenting Author
3A Fungal Tracheitis and Epiglottitis with Bacterial Superinfection in an Immunocompromised Teenager: A Long Road to Confirmation  Haley DeWitt
4Disseminated Mycobacterium Bovis with Prosthetic Joint InfectionMadeline Helm
5A Picture Worth a Thousand Words: Incidentally Diagnosed Neurocysticercosis and Barriers to its Treatment  Dr. Emily Dyer
7A rare case of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii infection in the setting of pregnancy and erythema nodosumLauren Ziegenbein
8Syphilis-Related Glomerulopathy: A Rare Presentation of a Common DiseaseShalmali Mirajkar
9Veillonella parvula Bacteremia in a Diabetic Patient with Osteomyelitis and Soft Tissue Infection Linked to OnychophagiaEmily Ehsan
10The Diagnostic Dilemma of an Atypical Bacterial Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection in an Immunocompetent ChildDr. Christian Clodfelder
11Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis with severe thrombocytopenia during treatment: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmaLauren Crockett
12Not quite Bacillus. Not quite an Aneurysm. Navigating diagnostic challenges of a rare pseudoaneurysm infection.Jacob Owens
13Extrapulmonary Osteoarticular and CNS Tuberculosis: A Case ReportSarah Uhm &, Kari Havyer
14A Case of Severe Mucositis Following Mycoplasma InfectionDr. Abby Wolfe
15Blastomyces dermatitidis Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis and Paraspinal Abscess in NebraskaEllie Staab
16Cutaneous Mycobacterium abscessus infection in an immunocompetent teenage femaleMatthew Muellner
194 weeks of dyspnea in immunocompromised woman; presenting symptom of disseminated Histoplasmosis CapsulatumDr. Cristina Torres
20Breakthrough osteomyelitis with opportunistic canine oral flora in an immunocompromised patientRyan Chapman
21Mycolicibacterium smegmatis: a rare cause of sternal osteomyelitisJose Ortega
25Fusobacterium nucleatum mimicking lung cancer: A case report  Sarah Maki
26Rare Case of Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Myiatic Wound Infection: A Case ReportDr. Nicholas Mielke
31Unrecognized Complications: The Uncommon Occurrence of PJP Pneumonia in lung cancer on DurvalumabDr. Narmada Lavu

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