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The 22nd ICHS International Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host will be held 8 - 11 September, 2022 in Basel Switzerland.
Please take a moment to preview the Basel meeting with this short video.
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ELECTIONS 2021 Ballots for the 2021 elections have been counted. We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 ICHS Council election. Thanks to all members who voted, and special thanks to the Council members who work for the success of this Society. Noteworthy: Dr Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis, past ICHS president, is pleased to share the recent Aspergillosis in SCT guidelines that they were just published from The American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, where he had the honor to serve as the senior chair of the writing committee. These short guidelines might be useful for the SCT, Leuk ID rotations as they try to put a (relative) structure to a complex and rapidly changing area, in view of the drug-drug interactions we see with leukemia/lymphoma/SCT drugs. Dr Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis, past ICHS president, is pleased to share the Core Recommendations for Antifungal Stewardship (to be published as supplement in JID Sept 1, 2020) he spearheaded on behalf of the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC). The 21st ICHS Symposium has concluded.
Thank you again for attending last week's 21st ICHS Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host. We hope you had an enjoyable experience and have come away with new knowledge and network opportunities. Please review the winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Young investigator Awards, as well as awards for best abstracts and posters. These presentations were made during the closing ceremony. A reminder that
presentation recordings will be available to all registered attendees via the
virtual portal, using the same login details for the next three months.
| in memoriam
Hear from our Council! Several members of our International Council have recorded messages about the ICHS Society and the 2021 Symposium. Click here to hear what they have to say!
Please visit the MSGERC Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium website MSGERC.ORG to keep up with the latest news!
Be sure to visit the NEW Doctor Fungus Website at msgercdoctorfungus.com/ You'll find a wealth of valuable information!
European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL) news
We are pleased to inform you that the final slide sets of the ECIL 7 working groups CMV, HHV6 and vaccines are now available on the ECIL website at www.ecil-leukaemia.com. You will find these sets in the Program section. ECIL Guidelines Don't forget to review the new ECIL Guidelines
An update from the ICHS meeting in Athens The field of clinical and translational research in febrile neutropenia started in the early1960s with the classic autopsy studies at NCI in patients with leukemia, followed by the seminal work by Gerald Bodey about the quantitative relationships between circulating leukocytes and infection in patients with acute leukemia. Other giants of that era built on these observations and defined the practice of antibiotic and antifungal management in these patients. ICHS had pivotal contributions in organizing guidelines for the design, analysis, reporting of clinical trials on the antibiotic management in that vulnerable patient population (JID 1990; 161: 397-401) . It was befitting that Philip Pizzo one of the trailblazers of that era and an early founder of ICHS was the inaugural speaker of the Athens ICHS 2018 meeting, a meeting that reflected on the 40 year history of ICHS and over half of century studies in the field of clinical research infections in neutropenic cancer patients. His thoughtful talk, was the ímpetus for a comprehensive piece that was recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (Management of Patients With Fever and Neutropenia Through the Arc of Time: A Narrative Review.) Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD, PhD (Hon) |
The International Immunocompromised Host Society sadly announces that Francisco M. Marty, MD passed from this life on April 8, 2021 due to an accident while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Francisco was kind and upbeat and was a true Transplant/Oncology ID leader, who will be remembered as a brilliant mentor to many. Francisco was a dedicated clinician and teacher, particularly in the field of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases in immunocompromised patients. His contributions to the field are enormous, with participation in over 170 peer reviewed publications including several seminal cutting-edge contributions in the world's best journals. In addition to his dedication to his patients and to his scientific research, Francisco was a passionate photographer. ICHS sends its condolences to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.
