University of Kansas Medical Center at IDWeek 2026

Oct 21–24, 2026 Washington, DC ~12k attendees Website

University of Kansas Medical Center brings 10 presentations to IDWeek 2026 in Washington. Its program centres on fungal diagnostics, sepsis and infections in transplant recipients. Concrete topics include false-positive beta-D-glucan blood test results after albumin or immunoglobulin infusions and a rubric for evaluating AI-backed simulations in infectious disease teaching.

OrganizationIDWeek 2026 Attendance
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
CMV-specific Cellular Immunity as a Predictor of CMV Infection or Disease after Completion of Primary CMV Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-634
D2. Virology
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Clinical Utility of the 1,3 β-D-Glucan Serum Assay in the Diagnosis of Common Invasive Fungal Infections
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-688
D4. Mycology
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Effect of Albumin Administration on 1,3-β-D-glucan Serum Assay False Positive Results
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-689
D4. Mycology
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Rates of False Positive Serum 1,3 β-D-Glucan Following Intravenous Immunoglobulin Administration
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-690
D4. Mycology
Session
Thu Oct 22
3:15pm–4:30pm
Sepsis 2026: Evolving Practice, Implementation and Surveillance
202 AB
Global ID · with Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Jefferson Health, Nebraska Medicine +1 more
Transplant and immunocompromised hostsAntimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Talk
Thu Oct 22
3:40pm–4:05pm
Part of Sepsis 2026: Evolving Practice, Implementation and Surveillance
Sepsis in Surgical Patients: Source Control and Stewardship Challenges
202 AB
Global ID
Transplant and immunocompromised hostsAntimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Low-Risk Electrophysiology Procedures: High-volume Practice, Low Infection Risk, and Unproven Benefit
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1833
S2. Antimicrobial Stewardship outcomes assessment (clinical and economic)
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Development and Pilot Validation of a Rubric for Evaluating AI-backed Simulations in Infectious Diseases
Virtual presentation
E. Infectious Diseases Medical Education (scholarly work directed at enhancing infectious diseases education of trainees and/or health professionals, social determinants of health)
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Neutropenic Septic Shock in the United States: ANC Trajectory Predicts Mortality Independent of Nadir Depth and Causative Diagnosis in 58,000 ICU Encounters
Virtual presentation
T3. Studies of the epidemiology of infections in transplant patients and patients with impaired immunity due to underlying disease or immunosuppressive drugs
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
Prophylaxis duration and risk factors for pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Following Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell transplantation: A Retrospective Case Control Analysis
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1367
M1. Clinical studies of fungal infections

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