20 - Brain Teasers: Challenging Cases in Post-Neurosurgical Infectious Diseases

Thursday, October 20, 2022

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Location: 152 AB

Watch the live stream on the conference website.

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Interactive Moderator(s)

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Nitin Das KP, MD

Assistant professor of Medicine
UIC

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides
Rodrigo Hasbun, MD MPH FIDSA

Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
UT Health Mc Govern Medical School
Houston, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s): BioFire Diagnostics: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Panelist(s)

Karin Byers, MD,MS

Associate Chief of Clinical Care, Division of Infectious Diseases
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Heidy Adames Espinal, MD

Chief of the Infectious Disease Department
Hospital Estrella Urena
santiago de los caballeros, Santiago, Dominican Republic

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Carlos Isada, MD

Vice Chair
Infectious Disease
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Avindra Nath, MD (he/him/his)

Clinical Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Bethesda, MD, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Nitin Das KP, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Rodrigo Hasbun, MD MPH FIDSA: BioFire Diagnostics: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Karin E. Byers, MD,MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Heidy Adames Espinal, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Carlos M. Isada, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Avindra Nath, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-22-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the clinical approach to a patient with post-neurosurgical CNS infections;
discuss how to manage a patient with health care-associated bacterial cerebral meningoventriculitis;
recognize indications for intraventricular and intrathecal antimicrobials