Dr Daniele Giacobbe

Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, MD, PhD, is assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Genoa, Italy. He is also working as an infectious diseases specialist at San Martino Polyclinic Hospital in Genoa and is a member of the directive committee of the Italian Society of Anti-Infective Therapy (SITA). His main fields of research are severe infections due to difficult-to-treat gram-negative bacteria and invasive fungal diseases in the intensive care unit. He is author of more than 200 original articles or reviews in peer review journals, and has received the National Academic Qualification as Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases (Italian ASN). He serves as editor, editorial board member and/or referee for a number of international scientific journals. Past member of the executive committee of the Critically Ill Patients Study Group of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), he enjoys coordinating research projects and working in enthusiastic multicenter, multinational research groups.

Abstract:

The treatment of mould infections in the ICU presents significant challenges that also involve diagnostic difficulties and uncertainties, and must consider various degrees of disease probability. I’ll discuss current literature on the management of mould infections in critically ill patients in the ICU, focusing on factors potentially impacting survival.