Session: Healthcare-Associated Fungal Infections (21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (April 1-4, 2011))

Saturday, April 2, 2011: 7:00 AM-8:20 AM

Governors Lecture Hall (Hilton Anatole)

CME Credits: 1.25

Registration Code: M6

Type: Meet-the-Consultants

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 high risk patient populations and update prophylaxis and other prevention strategies.

Learning Objectives:

Summarize current prophylaxis and other prevention strategies
Describe trends in the epidemiology of invasive candidiasis and review various prevention approaches
Describe the threat posed by filamentous fungal infections in high risk patients

7:00 AM

Luis Ostrosky, MD, FACP, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center

7:15 AM

Jan Patterson, MD, University of Texas

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