Session: Emerging Fungal Infections (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

Saturday, March 20, 2010: 7:00 AM-8:20 AM

Hanover E (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

CME Credits: 1.25

Type: Oral

Summary: Healthcare-associated fungal infections are associated with a very high crude and attributable mortality. This session will address the changing epidemiology of fungal infections in the healthcare setting and will review the evidence for various prevention approaches.

Learning Objectives:

Describe trends in the epidemiology of invasive candidiasis in the healthcare setting and review various prevention approaches.
Discuss the threat posed by filamentous fungal infections in high risk patient populations, and update prophylaxis and other prevention strategies.

7:00 AM

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Tom Chiller, MD, MPHTM, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

7:40 AM

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Jan Patterson, MD, University of Texas

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