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Symposium

120 - South of the Border: Important Diseases You Can Not Miss

Co-organized with the Pan-American Society of Infectious Diseases and the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• describe the main presentations of diseases that are endemic in Latin America but are rarely seen in the USA but are emerging in North America
• discuss major parasitic diseases that affect immunocompromised patients
• review the state of the art of the management of malaria in Latin America and list the current challenges in the diagnostic and treatment of Paracoccidiodomycosis
• list the current challenges in the diagnostic and treatment of Paracoccidiodomycosis

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

  952 - Paracoccidiodomycosis: An Update
  Flavio Queiroz-Telles, MD, PhD – Hospital de Clinicas, Federal University of Parana
• 10:55 AM - 11:20 AM

  953 - Malaria State of the Art
  Arlene Dent, MD, PhD – Rainbow Babies/Childrens Hosp
• 11:20 AM - 11:45 AM

  954 - Parasitosis in Immunocompromised Hosts
  Carlos Seas, MD – Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Moderator(s)

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  Duilio Nunez, MD

  Infectious Diseases División. Chief
  IPS Hospital Central
  Asunción , Paraguay

  Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
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  Sergio Cimerman, MD, PhD

  PRESIDENT
  BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  Sao Paulo, Brazil

  Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

Speaker(s)

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  Arlene Dent, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Rainbow Babies/Childrens Hosp
  Cleveland, OH

  Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
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  Flavio Queiroz-Telles, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Hospital de Clinicas, Federal University of Parana
  Curitiba, Brazil

  Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
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  Carlos Seas, MD

  Doctor of Medicine
  Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  Lima, Lima, Peru

  Disclosure: Nothing to disclose