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May 3, 2017

What’s Hot in Infectious Diseases & Quality Improvement (2017)

These plenary talks were presented at the 2017 AMMI Canada/CACMID Annual Conference in Toronto, ON, during May 3-6, 2017:

What’s Hot in Adult & Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Quality Improvement 2017

  • What’s Hot in Adult Infectious Disease? (Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, University of Toronto)
  • What’s Hot in Pediatric Infectious Disease? (Dr. Sarah Forgie, University of Alberta)
  • What’s Hot in Quality Improvement? (Dr. Jerome A. Leis, University of Toronto)

State of the Art Clinical Lectures

  • Novel Technologies in Microbiology – Benefits Beyond the Lab (Dr. Susan M. Poutanen, University of Toronto)
  • HCV Care – Engaing the Infectious Diseases Community (Dr. Curtis Cooper, University of Ottawa)

Zika and Other Arbovirus Infections

  • The Emergence of Zika Virus and Other Arboviruses – Diagnostic Challenges during Outbreak Scenarios (Dr. Michael Drebot, National Microbiology Laboratory, University of Manitoba)
  • Clinical Recommendations for Risk Assessment (Dr. Michael Libman, McGill University)

Merck Integrated Symposium – Current CMV Treatment Options and Management Strategies

  • CMV Diagnositic Strategies: Current and Future (Dr. Tony Mazzulli, University of Toronto)
  • CMV Treatment and the Dilemma of Resistance (Dr. Alissa Wright, University of British Columbia)

Antimicrobial Testing and Therapy in the Era of Increasing Resistance

  • Current Status of Antimicrobial Resistance in Canada (Dr. Michael Mulvey, National Microbiology Laboratory, University of Manitoba)
  • Importance of Global Harmonization of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in Canada for Defining Antimicrobial Resistance (Dr. Robert Rennie, University of Alberta)
  • New Antimicrobials for the Treatment of Resistant Infections (Dr. George G. Zhanel, University of Manitoba)

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