University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences eLearning Environment Internet-based Studies in Education and Research
INTRODUCTION
ABIM MOC Activity ID
10/13/2020 - Medical Grand Rounds: Whats new in Infectious Diseases: COVID-19 and beyond
QUIZ
EVALUATION
CERTIFICATE
Credit Hours: CME 1.00
Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Increase awareness of Candida auris, and clinical manifestations of Candida auris infections .
- Develop an appreciation of the antifungal susceptibility patterns of Candida auris isolates
- Improve awareness of biologic properties of Candida that facilitate its success as environmental fungus and human pathogen
Suggested Additional Reading:
- Casadevall A, Kontoyiannis DP, Robert V. On the Emergence of Candida auris: Climate Change, Azoles, Swamps, and Birds. mBio. 2019;10(4):e01397-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01397-19. PMID: 31337723
- Shawn R. Lockhart, Kizee A. Etienne, Snigdha Vallabhaneni, Joveria Farooqi, Anuradha Chowdhary, Nelesh P. Govender, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Belinda Calvo, Christina A. Cuomo, Christopher A. Desjardins, Elizabeth L. Berkow, Mariana Castanheira, Rindidzani E. Magobo, Kauser Jabeen, Rana J. Asghar, Jacques F. Meis, Brendan Jackson, Tom Chiller, Anastasia P. Litvintseva. Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(2): 134–140, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw691
- Clancy CJ, Nguyen MH. Emergence of Candida auris: An International Call to Arms. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 15; 64(2):141-143. PMID: 27989986
Joint Accreditation Statement:
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Associate Chief of VA Pittsburgh Health System (VAPHS) and Opportunistic Pathogens
Chief, Infectious Diseases Section, VA Pittsburgh Health Care System
Dr. Clancy receives grant and research support from Cidara and Scynexis. He is also a consultant with Cidara and Scynexis.
The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.