78 - New Worries about Group A Streptococcal Disease

10/3/2019

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 145 AB

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACPE Credit: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: 0221-9999-19-339-L04-P

Co-organized with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Learning Objectives:

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

explain the basis and options for different approaches to contact management
define Group A Streptococcal carriage, its role in the epidemiology of streptococcal disease, and gaps in knowledge regarding transmission
descibe key risk groups that have contributed to the recently changing epidemiology of invasive Group A Streptococcal infections in the United States

Presentations:

1:45 PM - 2:10 PM
828 - Making sense of guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis for invasive Group A Streptococcal disease
Monika C. Naus, MD MHSc FRCPC FACPM – BC CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL
2:10 PM - 2:35 PM
829 - Solving the Enigma: Contribution of Carriage to Group A Streptococcal Epidemiology and Transmission
Anthony R. Flores, MD, MPH, PhD – McGovern Medical School
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
830 - Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease in the United States
Chris Van Beneden, MD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Moderator(s)

Patricia Griffin, MD

Chief, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch; Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Decatur, GA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
JD

Jeff Duchin, MD

Public Health Seattle & King County
Seattle, WA

Speaker(s)

AF

Anthony Flores, MD, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor
McGovern Medical School
Houston, TX

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Monika Naus, MD MHSc FRCPC FACPM

Medical Director, Communicable Diseases & Immunization Service
BC CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL
Vancouver , BC, Canada

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Chris Van Beneden, MD, MPH

Medical Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose