Infectious agents do not need passports to cross geopolitical boundaries. While visiting another country, persons can become infected through a variety of routes and unknowingly bring a microorganism home. While it seems obvious that international visitors may buy an infectious object or pet from another country, it's less obvious when someone hasn't traveled internationally but has been in contact with a pet or infectious object from another country. Some of these infections may not present immediately making the diagnosis even more difficult because the infection is not frequently seen in the location where the patient is being treated and because the connection with the originating country may be distant. In the education session, faculty will focus on those infections that can take months or years to become symptomatic. The education session is organized around case presentations with questions to the audience integrated or following the case. The faculty will focus on diagnostic methods and present at least one example of a virus, bacterium, fungus, and parasite.
Faculty/Authors
Jeannette Guarner, MD, FASCP
Edward Alexander Dent, MD
Physician Competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, Interpersonal Skills Communication
CME/CMLE Credit: 1.0
Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity
Accreditation Statement: The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Credit Designation Statement: The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Instructions
To claim CME/CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:
- Review the Technical Considerations.
- Review the Faculty Disclosures.
- Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
- Click Access to begin the course.
- Submit the course Evaluation.
- Enter the maximum number of credits offered and click Claim CME to register credit.
Faculty Disclosure
Technical Considerations
Release Date: 09/06/2024
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 03/06/2025