3130.0 Infectious Disease Epidemiology 1

Monday, October 29, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Findings in the area of infectious disease epidemiology, particularly Clostridium difficile, food borne outbreaks, and measles outbreaks will be presented.
Session Objectives: Describe the steps used in stool transplantation to restore normal stool flora. Assess differences in hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection rates based on hospital characteristics. Describe longitudinal colonization with bacterial pathogens and associated antibiotic resistance from birth over the first 12 months of life, and their relationship with infant and household antibiotic and daycare exposure. Identify laboratory test methods used to assess immunity to vaccine preventable diseases.
Moderator:
Ernest Ekong, MD, MPH, FACP

10:30am
Introductory Remarks
10:35am
Stool Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: Report on a Large Case Series
Timothy Rubin, MD, Charles E. Gessert, MD, MPH, Johannes Aas, MD and Johan Bakken, MD, PhD
     
10:50am
Hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infections: First year results with National Healthcare Safety Network data, Los Angeles County, April 2010 – March 2011
Kelsey OYong, MPH, Patricia Marquez, MPH, Ramon E. Guevara, PhD, MPH, Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH and Laurene Mascola, MD, MPH
     
11:05am
What to expect, the first year: Infant bacterial colonization and resistance
Sharon Meropol, MD,PhD, Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD, Michael R. Jacobs, MD, PhD, Judith K. Weiss, BA, MFA, Saralee Bajaksouzian, MS and Robert A. Bonomo, MD
     
11:20am
FoodCORE: Foodborne Diseases Centers for Outbreak Response Enhancement - Improving foodborne disease outbreak response capacity in state and local health departments
Jennifer R. Mitchell, MPH, CHES, Gwen Biggerstaff, MSPH, Jennifer G. Wright, DVM, MPH, DACVPM and FoodCORE Sites
  
11:35am
Seroprotection against Measles Among British Columbia Women of Childbearing Age
Monika Naus, MD MHSc FRCPC FACPM, Vanita Sahni, MHSc, Martin Petric, PhD, Annie Mak and Mel Krajden, BSc, MD (McG), FRCPC
     
11:50am
Concluding Remarks

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Epidemiology

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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