CAPA Annual Conference - 2006 CME

Reexamining Treatment Practices for Complicated Clostridium difficile-Associated Diseases

Category: CME
Date: September 29, 2006
Time: 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Facility: Palm Springs Convention Center
Location: Primrose B-D
Description: 

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

• Describe the changing epidemiology of CDAD • Discuss the potential mechanisms and characteristics of virulent strains of C. difficile

• Identify disease markers and characteristics of patients with complicated CDAD

• Describe a plan to manage difficult-to-treat patients with CDAD

• Identify control measures that may contain the spread of CDAD Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from ViroPharma Inc.

Speaker(s): Ciarán P. Kelly, M.D.