Session information—June 26, 2025

Topic

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of posaconazole in AM

Speaker details

Dr Silvia Corcione

Dr Corcione MD, PhD, is:

  • Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Her research focuses on:

  • Nosocomial infections
  • Infections in immunocompromised hosts
  • The impact of the microbiome in multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections
  • The pharmacokinetics of antibiotics and antifungals in special populations, including immunocompromised hosts and critically ill patients

She is currently the Secretary of the ESCMID study group on HOST and microbiota interactions.

Learning objectives for the webinar

  • Rationale of antifungal prophylaxis in AML.
  • Azole and therapeutic drug monitoring.
  • Incidence of IFI in AML.
  • Strategy for prophylaxis and treatment.