187 - Big Beasts II

10/4/2019

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 146 ABC

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACPE Credit: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: 0221-9999-19-386-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

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

discuss recent updates to guidelines for assessment and management of diabetic foot infections and describe strategies to optimize outcomes
discuss epidemiology and current best practices for diagnosis and treatment of Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, and Norovirus gastrointestinal infection
discuss epidemiology and current best practices for diagnosis and management of Clostridioides difficile infection in children
describe strategies for assessment and diagnosis of vision-threatening infections and optimal management of ocular infections

Presentations:

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM
1845 - Top Four Beasts in Acute Gastroenteritis
Andi L. Shane, MD, MPH, MSc – Emory University
3:40 PM - 4:05 PM
1846 - Diabetic Foot Infection
Edgar JG Peters, MD, PhD – Amsterdam UMC
4:05 PM - 4:30 PM
1847 - Ocular Infections
Marlene L. Durand, MD – Harvard Medical School

Moderator(s)

Michelle Floris-Moore, MD

Associate Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Andi Shane, MD, MPH, MSc

Associate Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose

Speaker(s)

Marlene Durand, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Disclosure: Amgen: Shareholder
Pfizer: Shareholder
Edgar Peters, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Disclosure: Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation: Research Grant
Andi Shane, MD, MPH, MSc

Associate Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose