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66 - Chronic neurologic infections: It’s a marathon & not a sprint

Friday, October 1, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

    Moderator(s)

  • Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH

    Professor Internal Medicine
    Infectious Diseases
    University of Texas Health Science Center
    Bellaire, TX, United States

    Biofire (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Research Grant or Support

  • Adarsh Bhimraj, MD

    Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship and Education
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Houston Methodist Hospital
    Center of Excellence for Infectious Diseases Houston Methodist Research Institute
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

    • Speaker(s)

  • Tania Sorrell, MD (Research); FRACP

    Director, University of Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases
    University of Sydney
    176 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

  • Guy Thwaites, MD PhD

    Director
    Oxford univ clinical research unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

  • Karen Bloch, MD, MPH

    Professor
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Nashville, TN, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:
Rodrigo Hasbun, MD, MPH: Biofire (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Research Grant or Support
Adarsh Bhimraj, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Tania C. Sorrell, MD (Research); FRACP: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Guy E. Thwaites, MD PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Karen C. Bloch, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-21-001-H01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • describe the clinical approach to a patient with chronic meningitis and encephalitis
  • describe how to manage a patient with chronic cryptococcal meningitis
  • describe how to manage a patient with susceptible and resistant MTB meningitis

Presentations:

  • Challenges in the Chronic Management of Fungal meningitis - Cryptococcus (and friends)

    Speaker: Tania C. Sorrell, MD (Research); FRACP – University of Sydney

  • Challenges in the Management of Susceptible and Drug Resistant TB Meningitis

    Speaker: Guy E. Thwaites, MD PhD – Oxford univ clinical research unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  • Chronic Meningoencephalitis: Navigating a Diagnostic Pathway

    Speaker: Karen C. Bloch, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center