Friday, October 9, 2015: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room: 20--ABCD
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- describe the clinical presentation of common opportunistic pathogens in transplant patients
- explain the limitations of culture-based diagnostic tests in immunocompromised transplant patients
- discuss the differential diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in the transplant recipient
Target Audience: Researchers, Pharmacists, Nurses, Microbiologists, Members-in-training, Lab personnel, Infectious diseases physicians, Fellows, Clinicians
Tracks: Adult ID, Trainee
Interactive Moderator:
David R. Snydman, MD, FIDSA, Tufts Medical Center
Interactive Panelists:
Sanjay Mehta, MD, University of California, San Diego
,
Maggie Green, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
,
Lynne Strasfeld, MD, Oregon Health and Science University
and
Stan Deresinski, MD, FIDSA, Stanford University
CME Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
ACPE Credits: No CPE credit is offered for this session
ACPE Number:
Disclosures:
D. R. Snydman,
Chimerix:
Consultant
,
Consulting fee
Merck:
Scientific Advisor
,
Consulting fee
Cubist:
Grant Investigator
and
Speaker's Bureau
,
Research grant
,
Research support
and
Speaker honorarium
Tetraphase:
Grant Investigator
,
Grant recipient
Summit:
Grant Investigator
and
Scientific Advisor
,
Consulting fee
and
Grant recipient
Actelion:
Grant Investigator
,
Grant recipient
Microbiotix:
Scientific Advisor
,
Consulting fee
Analysis Group:
Consultant
,
Consulting fee
Millenium:
Data Safety Monitoring Board
,
Consulting fee
M. Green, Merck: Research Contractor , Research support
Astellas: Research Contractor and Scientific Advisor , Consulting fee and Research support
L. Strasfeld, None
S. Deresinski, None
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