18 - Updates on Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Performance

10/3/2019

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 151 AB

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1.0 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1.0 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACPE Credit: ACPE 0 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: no ACPE

Learning Objectives:

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

describe differences in currently available interferon gamma release assays
summarize recent literature on the use of interferon gamma release assays in pediatric populations
determine in which groups of patients an IGRA is preferable to a tuberculin skin test

Presentations:

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
45 - Updates on Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Performance
Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD MPH – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
44 - Updates on Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Performance
Andrea Cruz, MD, MPH – Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator(s)

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Heather Yun, MD

Chief of Medicine
Brooke Army Medical Center ; Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
San Antonio, Texas

Disclosure: American Board of Internal Medicine: Officer or Board Member

Speaker(s)

Andrea Cruz, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Disclosure: American Academy of Pediatrics: Officer or Board Member
Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD MPH

Assistant Professor
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose