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    Computational prediction of a novel transcriptional regulation for the PqsH encoding gene in Pseudomonas aeurginosa

    Presentation Number: O35

    Author(s):

    Scott Christley, Olga Zaborina, John Alverdy, Gary An, University of Chicago

    Basic


    Increased Incidence of Blood Product Transfusions Among Transplant Patients Treated with Linezolid Compared to Daptomycin

    Presentation Number: P23

    Author(s):

    Ashley Limkemann, Jeffery Tessier, Leahna Haldeman, Andrew Young, Teddy Puzio, Luke Wolfe, Jinfeng Han, Therese Duane, Virginia Commonwealth University

    Clinical; Eligible for the New Member Award and Resident Award


    O01 - Replenishing the core gut microbiome via fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) can rescue mice from advanced-stage polymicrobial sepsis

    Presentation Number: O01

    Author(s):

    Jennifer DeFazio, Sangman Kim, Scott Christley, Irma Fleming, Baddr Shakhsheer, Bana Jabri, Olga Zaborina, John Alverdy, University of Chicago

    Basic; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O02 - The SIS Study To Optimize Peritoneal Infection Therapy (STOP-IT) Trial: Four Days of Antibiotics Result in Similar Outcomes Compared to Duration Based on Resolution of Physiological Response

    Presentation Number: O02

    Author(s):

    Robert Sawyer, Jeffrey Claridge, Avery Nathens, Therese Duane, Heather Evans, Charles Cook, Patrick O'Neill, John Mazuski, Reza Askari, Mark Wilson, Lena Napolitano, Nicholas Namias, Preston Miller, E. Patchen Dellinger, Christopher Watson, Raul Coimbra, Daniel Dent, Stephen Lowry, Michael Moncure, Christine Cocanour, Michael West, Kasey Banton, William Flynn, Pamela Lipsett, Kimberley Popovsky, University of Virginia

    Clinical


    O03 - Expression of MiR-21 is advantageous in the Immune Response to Peritonitis

    Presentation Number: O03

    Author(s):

    Rebecca Barnett, Ernesto Sepulveda, William Cheadle, University of Louisville

    Basic; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O04 - A prospective randomized study to assess the optimal duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis in total gastrectomy

    Presentation Number: O04

    Author(s):

    Ryoji Fukushima, Toshiro Konishi, Yasuhiko Mohri, Tamaki Noie, Satoshi Ono, Kenji Omura, Susumu Sueyoshi, Akinori Takagane, Masato Kusunoki, Taro Shibata, Hidetaka Mochizuki, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Teikyo University School of Medicine

    Clinical


    O05 - Thrombin-processed Ecrg4 is chemotactic and recruits inflammatory monocytes to the injury site

    Presentation Number: O05

    Author(s):

    Jisook Lee, Stu Knowling, Raul Coimbra, Vishal Bansal, Andrew Baird, Brian Eliceiri, Todd Costantini, University of California San Diego

    Basic


    O06 - Empiric Azoles Are Not Beneficial in Surgical Patients: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study

    Presentation Number: O06

    Author(s):

    Christopher Guidry, Stephen Davies, Timothy McMurry, Zachary Dietch, Rhett Willis, Robert Sawyer, University of Virginia

    Clinical; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O07 - TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8 cytokines in relation to TNF-α-308 G/A polymorphism in postoperative sepsis

    Presentation Number: O07

    Author(s):

    Kavita Baghel, Rajeshwar Nath Srivastava, Abhijit Chandra, Jyotsna Agrawal, Hasan Raza Kazmi, Saloni Raj, King George's Medical University

    Basic


    O08 - Obstructive sleep apnea: a risk factor for surgical site infection after colectomy

    Presentation Number: O08

    Author(s):

    Spyridon Fortis, Kristin Colling, Catherine Statz, James Glover, Gregory Beilman, University of Minnesota

    Clinical; Eligible for the New Member Award and Resident Award


    O09 - Are Functional Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Proinflammatory Cytokines Associated with the Development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Spontaneous Perforation in Premature Infants?

    Presentation Number: O09

    Author(s):

    Ashanti Franklin, Mariam Said, Zoreh Tatari, Stanislav Vukmanovic, Khodayar Rais-Bahrami, Naomi Luban, Clint Cappiello, Joe Devaney, Anthony Sandler, Children's National Medical Center

    Basic; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O10 - Screening for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Single-Institution Analysis of 1,013 Bronchoalveolar Lavage

    Presentation Number: O10

    Author(s):

    Fredric Pieracci, Maria Rodil, James Haenel, Robert Stovall, Clay Burlew, Jeffrey Johnson, Gregory Jurkovich, Ernest Moore, Denver Health Medical Center/University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

    Clinical


    O11 - Cyclic adenosine monophosphate activation of protein kinase A may play a role in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis

    Presentation Number: O11

    Author(s):

    Catherine Hunter, Douglas Wood, Northwestern University

    Basic


    O12 - TNFR1 Level in Sepsis is Dependent on MyD88-dependent Upregulation of iNOS in Hepatocytes

    Presentation Number: O12

    Author(s):

    Meihong Deng, Patricia Loughran, Liyong Zhang, Melanie Scott, Timothy Billiar, UPMC

    Clinical; Eligible for the New Member Award and Resident Award


    O13 - Hepatic High Motility Group Box-1 (HMGB1) levels are affected by invariant Natural Killer T-cells in polymicrobial sepsis

    Presentation Number: O13

    Author(s):

    John Young, Whitney Young, Shiang Chung, Yaping Chen, William Cioffi, Alfred Ayala, Daithi Heffernan, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital

    Clinical; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O14 - Varying Host Response in Different Low-Lethality Models of Murine Abdominal Sepsis

    Presentation Number: O14

    Author(s):

    Lori Gentile, Dina Nacionales, M. Cecilia Lopez, Angela Cuenca, Alex Cuenca, Benjamin Szpila, Ricardo Ungaro, Shawn Larson, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Frederick Moore, Henry Baker, Lyle Moldawer, Philip Efron, University of Florida College of Medicine

    Clinical; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O15 - Mitigation of Splenocyte Apoptosis by Th2-Polarized Invariant Natural Killer T Cells Reduces Disease Severity in Intra-abdominal Sepsis

    Presentation Number: O15

    Author(s):

    Ram Anantha, Delfina Mazzuca, Stacey Xu, Brad Shrum, Tina Mele, Douglas Fraser, Claudio Martin, S.M. Mansour Haeryfar, John McCormick, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University

    Basic; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O16 - Can nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening be used to avoid empiric vancomycin use in intra-abdominal infection?

    Presentation Number: O16

    Author(s):

    Puja Shah, Sara Hennessy, Christopher Guidry, Robert Sawyer, Stephen Davies, Tjasa Hranjec, University of Virginia

    Clinical; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O17 - A randomized, prospective study of surgical site infections following vascular reconstructive surgery: untreated vs. silver-impregnated dressings

    Presentation Number: O17

    Author(s):

    Amani Politano, Margaret Tracci, David Strider, Robert Sawyer, John Kern, Gilbert Upchurch, Kenneth Cherry, University of Virginia

    Basic; Eligible for the Resident Award


    O18 - Microbial Analysis to Predict Anastomotic Leak in Humans

    Presentation Number: O18

    Author(s):

    Preston Luong, Benjamin Shogan, Natalia Belogortseva, Simon Lax, Jack Gilbert, Olga Zaborina, John Alverdy, University of Chicago

    Clinical; Eligible for the New Member Award


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