CME Credits: 2

Type: Oral

Summary: MDR-GNR have become a major challenge in healthcare facilities around the world. Though regional differences exist among the types of pathogens and resistance patterns that are of most concern, there is a common belief that these pathogens pose a growing threat to patient safety. This symposium will review the changing, worldwide epidemiology of MDR-GNR over the past decade and set the current stage of this problem. Other speakers will then discuss optimal infection control approaches to MDR-GNR and describe the gaps in our current knowledge of MDR control and issues surrounding new drug development for MDR-GNR.