Neofytos M. Smith Zhao E. Lewis Gamaletsou P. Wiederhold

164 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS September 9-12 | M-1674 Detection of Multiple Candida Species in Oropharyngeal Candidiasis OPC Patients Using Real Time PCR M. L. Herrera 1 , N. P. Wiederhold 2,1 , W. R. Kirkpatrick 1,3 , M. Olivo 1,3 , S. D. Westbrook 1,3 , D. K. Berg 1 , S. W. Redding 1 , T. F. Patterson 1,3 , B. L. Wickes 1 ; 1 UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX, 2 Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, 3 STVHCS, San Antonio, TX. M-1675 Fks Mutation is a Risk Factor for Failure of Echinocandin EC Therapy among Patients pts with Invasive Candidiasis IC Due to Candida glabrata cg but Not Other Candida Species R. K. Shields, M. H. Nguyen, E. G. Press, BS, A. L. Kwa, C. J. Clancy; Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. M-1676 Correlation between Circulating Fungal Biomarkers and Clinical Outcome in Invasive Aspergillosis

D. Neofytos

1 , K. Mullane 2 , D. Fredricks 3 , B. Granwehr 4 , K. Marr 1 , N. Almyroudis 5 , D. Kontoyiannis 4 , J. Maertens 6 , R. Fox 7 , C. Douglas 7 , R. Ian- none 7 , A. Kauh 7 , R. Railkar 7 , N. Shire 7 ; 1 Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, 2 Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 3 Fred Hutchinson Ctr., Seattle, WA, 4 Univ. of Texas Anderson, Houston, TX, 5 Roswell Park Cancer Inst., SUNY, Buffalo, NY, 6 UZ Leuven, Gasthuisberg, Belgium, 7 Merck, Whitehouse Station, NJ. M-1677 Prevalence of Cryptococcal Antigenemia and Cost Effective- ness of Cryptococcal Screening in Vietnam

R. M. Smith

1 , T. A. Nguyen 2 , H. Ha 2 , P. Thang 2 , C. Thuy 3 , L. X. Truong 4 , H. T. Bui 5 , T. H. Le 6 , B. Struminger 5 , M. McConnell 5 , R. N. Fanfair 1 , B. Park 1 , J. R. Harris 1 ; 1 CDC, Atlanta, GA, 2 NIHE, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 3 NHTD, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 4 PI, HCMC, Viet Nam, 5 CDC, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 6 CDC, HCMC, Viet Nam. M-1678 Aspergillus RNA in the Blood of Patients is a Promising Alternative Biomarker for Invasive Aspergillosis

Y. Zhao

1 , P. Paderu 1 , R. Fox 2 , C. Douglas 2 , R. Railkar 2 , N. Shire 2 , D. Perlin 1 ; 1 PHRI Ctr., UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, 2 Merck Co., Inc., North Wales, PA. M-1679 Absolute Lymphocyte Count ALC as a Prognostic Marker for Outcome in Hematological Malignancy Patients with Pulmo- nary Mucormycosis

R. E. Lewis

1 , F. Sampsonas 2 , S. Georgiadou 2 , G. Chamilos 2 , D. P. Kontoyi- annis 2 ; 1 Univ. of Houston Coll. of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, 2 The Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX. M-1680 Thermomyces lanuginosus Endocarditis and Review of Endo- carditis Due to Rare Molds S. Sivagnanam, S. Chen, C. Halliday, D. Packham; Ctr. for Infectious Dis- eases and Microbiol., Sydney, Australia. M-1681 Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, Management and Outcome of 179 Cases of Aspergillus Osteomyelitis

M. Gamaletsou

1,2 , M. Bueno 2 , B. Moriyama 3 , N. Sipsas 1 , D. Kontoyiannis 4 , E. Roilides 5 , B. Brause 6,2 , T. J. Walsh 2 ; 1 Athens Univ. Med. Sch., Athens, Greece, 2 Cornell Univ. Med. Sch., New York, NY, 3 NIH, Bethesda, 4 MD Anderson Cancer Ctr., Houston, TX, 5 Aristotle Univ. Med. Sch., Thessa- loniki, Greece, 6 Hosp. for Special Surgery, New York, NY. M-1682 Inter-Laboratory and Inter-Study Reproducibility of a Lateral Flow Device LFD for the Detection of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis IPA

N. P. Wiederhold

1,2 , L. K. Najvar 2,3 , R. A. Bocanegra 2,3 , W. R. Kirkpatrick 2,3 , T. F. Patterson 2,3 , C. R. Thornton 4 ; 1 Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, 2 UTHSC- SA, San Antonio, TX, 3 STVHCS, San Antonio, TX, 4 Univ. Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom. M-1683 Efficacy of Anidulafungin in Patients with Invasive Candidiasis IC: Focus on Non- Albicans Candida spp

U. Conte