87 - Infectious Challenges in the Management Cystic Fibrosis Before and After Lung Transplantation

Speaker(s)

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  Christine Koval, MD

  Associate Professor Medicine
  Cleveland Clinic
  Cleveland, Ohio

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
• PP

  Paul Planet, MD, PhD

  MD
  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/UPenn
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Learning Objectives:

• discuss the management of challenging infections including multidrug resistant infections in individuals with cystic fibrosis
• explain how to improve outcomes for individuals with cystic fibrosis and infections
• list the infectious issues regarding lung transplant in individuals with cystic fibrosis

Presentations:

• 11:00am – 12:15pm EDT

  Improving Outcomes of Infections in Cystic Fibrosis
  Paul J. Planet, MD, PhD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/UPenn
• 11:00am – 12:15pm EDT

  Managing MDRO Infections Pre/post-lung Transplant in Recipients with Cystic Fibrosis
  Christine E. Koval, MD – Cleveland Clinic