99 - Big Beasts of Infectious Diseases: A Tale of 3 Respiratory Pathogens

Speaker(s)

• JL

  Jennifer Layden

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Trish Perl, MD, MSc

  Professor and JP Sanford Chief of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
  Medicine
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Maroya Walters, PhD, ScM

  Lead, Antimicrobial Resistance Team
  Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Atlanta, Georgia

  Disclosure: 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: 0221-9999-20-484-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

• state the key diagnostic and treatment paradigms for E-cigarettes or Vaping Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)
• describe the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Carbapenem Resistant (CR) Acinetobacter (focusing on pulmonary)
• discuss the role of viruses (excluding Influenza) in Community Acquired Pneumonia

Presentations:

• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  Carbapenem Resistant (CR) Acinetobacter: An Emerging Big Bad Wolf
  Maroya S. Walters, PhD, ScM – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  Coronavirus/viral Pneumonias (not Influenza : A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing)
  Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  i’ll Huff and i’ll Puff: E-cigarettes or Vaping Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)
  Jennifer Layden – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention