8 - Infectious complications of injection drug use

Speaker(s)

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  Vivian Chu, MD

  Associate Professor of Medicine
  Duke University
  Durham, North Carolina

  Disclosure: UpToDate : author (Status: Ongoing), Other Financial or Material Support (Status: Ongoing)
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  Sandra Nelson, MD

  Director, Musculoskeletal Infectious Disease and OPAT Programs
  Division of Infectious Diseases
  Massachusetts General Hospital
  Boston, Massachusetts

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

  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Yale School of Medicine
  New Haven, Connecticut

  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: 0221-9999-20-488-H01-P

Learning Objectives:

• recognize skin/soft tissue infections related to injection drug use
• describe appropriate evaluation of and treatment for complications of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in people who inject drugs
• discuss strategies for incorporating Addiction Medicine in treatment of IDU-associated infections to improve outcomes

Presentations:

• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  Incorporation of Addiction Medicine in Treatment of Idu-associated Infections
  Melissa B. Weimer, DO – Yale School of Medicine
• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in People Who Inject Drugs: An Opportunity for Harm Reduction
  Sandra B. Nelson, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
• 4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT

  Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs
  Vivian Chu, MD – Duke University