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CDC Webinar | A Patient- Centered Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance: From Diagnostic Advances to Clinical Care
Follow the CDC online during Fungal Disease Awareness Week, September 16-20. Join the CDC and WHO kick off FDAW 2024 with a reminder of what drives global fungal disease research and initiatives: the patients. Experts will share updates on antimicrobial resistance and advancements in diagnostics and susceptibility testing; efforts to improve patient care. Next a clinician and professor will describe the scope of Cryptococcus infections and invasive fungal diseases in Nigeria and work to improve surveillance. Last, a survivor will share how a patient experiences misdiagnosis and diagnostic challenges, difficulties with antifungal treatment and management, and long-term impacts of Valley fever. Experiences like this are why FDAW is important.
Presenters:
- Ana Alastruey, PhD, MSc- Research Scientist, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
- Daniel Marcano, MSc- Technical Officer, WHO AMR Division
- Rita Oladele, MD- Professor, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
- Rob Purdie– Valley Fever Institute, Kern Medical; Taskforce of AMR Survivors, WHO