45 - Pneumocystis Pneumonia in the XXI Century: HIV-infected versus HIV-uninfected Patients

Speaker(s)

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  Jay Fishman, MD

  Professor of Medicine, Director Transplant Infectious Disease
  Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School
  Boston, MA

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

  Chairman and Head
  Department of Infectious Diseases Bern University Hospital University of Bern
  Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Gary Procop, MD, MS

  Medical Director
  Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Medical Operations
  Cleveland Clinic
  Cleveland, OH

  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: 0221-9999-20-474-H01-P

Learning Objectives:

• discuss advances in diagnosis of pneumocystic pneumonia and the possibility of PCR
• describe the clinical picture and prognosis of pneumocystic pneumonia
• discuss updates in prophylaxis and treatment of pneumocystic pneumonia

Presentations:

• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Advances in Diagnosis, It's the Time of PCR
  Gary W. Procop, MD, MS – Cleveland Clinic
• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Clinical Picture and Prognosis: Same Bug, Two Diseases?
  Jay A. Fishman, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School
• 2:45pm – 4:00pm EDT

  Updating Prophylaxis and Treatment
  Hansjakob Furrer, MD – Department of Infectious Diseases Bern University Hospital University of Bern