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Harmony Hall,
Wednesday,
May 27,
2009,
13:00-14:30
Advances and Challenges in Travelers’ Diarrhea |
Chair:
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Herbert L.
DuPont, MD, MACP
Director,
Center for Infectious Diseases and Professor of
Epidemiology
University of Texas, School of Public Health
Chief of Internal Medicine ServiceSt.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Vice
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas |
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13.00-13.20 |
Rifaximin
Pharmacokinetics and Mechanisms of Action
Herbert
L. DuPont, MD, MACP |
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13.20-13.40 |
Antimicrobial Treatment of Travelers’ Diarrhea
Robert Steffen, MD
Emeritus Professor of Travel Medicine
Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention
WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers’ Health
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
University of Zurich,
Zurich, Switzerland |
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13.40-14.00 |
Persistent
Complications of Travelers’ Diarrhea
Bradley A. Connor, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Founder and Medical Director, Travel Health Services
Director, The New York Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine
New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, New York |
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14.00-14.20 |
Chemoprophylaxis in Travelers’ Diarrhea
Charles D. Ericsson,
MD
Professor of Medicine
Head, Clinical Infectious Diseases
Director, Travel Medicine Clinic
Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
University of Texas Medical School,
Houston, Texas
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14.20-14.30 |
Question-and-Answer Session
All faculty |
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