16 - Progress and Challenges in the Management of CNS Infections

Thursday, October 17, 2024

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US PT

Location: 403 B

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH

Faculty
Department of Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases
Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Mexico and Instituto Conmemorativo de la Salud, Panama
Denver, CO, United States
Farrell Tobolowsky, DO, MS (she/her/hers)

Medical Epidemiologist
CDC
Atlanta, GA, United States

Faculty(s)

Rodrigo Hasbun, MD MPH FIDSA

Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
UT Health Mc Govern Medical School
Houston, Texas, United States
J. David Beckham, MD (he/him/his)

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine Jay P Sanford Professorship in Infectious Diseases Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, United States

Disclosure(s):

Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Farrell A. Tobolowsky, DO, MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Rodrigo Hasbun, MD MPH FIDSA: bioMerieux Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing)

J. David Beckham, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

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

describe diagnostic workup and antimicrobial management of neuroinfections;
identify viral pathogens that cause encephalitis globally;
recognize the association between viral pathogens and autoimmune encephalitis.

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM US PT

Review of Progress and Challenges in Bacterial Meningitis and Encephalitis
Speaker: Rodrigo Hasbun, MD MPH FIDSA – UT Health Mc Govern Medical School
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US PT

Linking CNS Infection and Inflammation with Neurodegeneration
Speaker: J. David Beckham, MD (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center