Critical Care Infectious Diseases – Hot Topics and Upcoming Trends

Organised by the ISAC Infections in the ICU & Sepsis Working Group, ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP) and King's Critical Care, King's College Hospital London.

This final session in the three part series will examine emerging global trends in critical care infection, focusing on the evolving role of diagnostics, new perspectives on the drivers of severe sepsis, the unique challenges of managing infection in tropical settings, and the growing importance of integrated infection control and antimicrobial stewardship. Together, these discussions will offer a forward looking view of how diagnostics, sepsis management and stewardship are shaping ICU practice worldwide.

Speakers & topics

• Relevance of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) detection in Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) of critically ill patients
  Stefan Hagel, Germany
  
  
• Group A Streptococcal shock: a window into a new question. Is severe sepsis caused by a single pathogen?
  Phil Hopkins, United Kingdom
  
  
• Sepsis in the ICU beyond the temperate zone: diagnostic complexities in tropical illness
  Yash Javeri, India
  
  
• Dual defence: infection control and antibiotic stewardship in the ICU frontline
  Emine Alp, Turkey

Moderators

Despoina Koulenti, UK / Hakan Erdem, Turkey

**Certificates of attendance will be available