Melioidosis in the United States: What Clinicians Need to Know Following Newly Discovered Endemicity

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During this COCA Call, presenters will provide updates on the new and evolving epidemiology of melioidosis in the United States and discuss what clinicians need to know to prevent, diagnose, and treat melioidosis.

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Overview

The causative bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei (B. pseudomallei) was recently found in soil and water in the southern United States. This bacterium causes a rare and serious disease called melioidosis. During this COCA Call, presenters will provide updates on the new and evolving epidemiology of melioidosis in the United States and discuss what clinicians need to know to prevent, diagnose, and treat melioidosis. They will also address what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is doing to learn more about melioidosis in the United States.

Presenters

Julia Petras, MSPH, BSN, RN
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer
Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch
Division of High-Consequence Pathogens & Pathology
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Caroline A. Schrodt, MD, MSPH
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Public Health Service
Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch
Division of High-Consequence Pathogens & Pathology
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Call Objectives

COCA Call Objectives

At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to accomplish the following:

  1. Cite background information on the topic covered during the presentation.
  2. Discuss CDC's role in the topic covered during the presentation.
  3. Describe the topic's implications for clinicians.
  4. Discuss concerns and/or issues related to preparedness for and/or response to urgent public health threats.
  5. Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with patients, communities, at-risk populations, and other members of an interprofessional team of healthcare providers.

Activity-Specific Objectives:

  1. Outline the evolving epidemiological risk factors and clinical characteristics of melioidosis, and when to consider melioidosis as a potential diagnosis.
  2. Discuss best practices for preventing, diagnosing, and treating melioidosis, including how to address diagnostic challenges.
  3. Describe what CDC is doing to learn more about melioidosis in the United States and how clinicians and public health officials can help.

Additional Resources

Imported aromatherapy spray associated melioidosis outbreak

Continuing Education

To receive continuing education (CE) for WC4520-101322 – Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Calls/Webinars – Melioidosis in the United States: What Clinicians Need to Know Following Newly Discovered Endemicity, Thursday, October 13, 2022, please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps by Monday, November 14, 2022.

To receive continuing education (CE) for WD4520-101322 – Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Calls/Webinars – Melioidosis in the United States: What Clinicians Need to Know Following Newly Discovered Endemicity, Thursday, October 13, 2022, (Web on Demand), please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Step between Tuesday, November 15, 2022, and Friday, November 15, 2024.

In support of improving patient care, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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.

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CDC is a Jointly Accredited Provider in Interprofessional Continuing Education.

CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAPA CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 12/13/2023. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation

CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 1 nursing contact hours.

CPE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated this (Knowledge-based) event for pharmacists to receive 0.1 CEUs in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is JA4008229-0000-22-120-L04-P and enduring JA4008229-0000-22-121-H04-P.

Once credit is claimed, an unofficial statement of credit is immediately available on TCEOnline. Official credit will be uploaded within 60 days on the NABP/CPE Monitor.

CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.

CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 1. Continuing Competency credits available are 1. CDC provider number 98614.

AAVSB/RACE: This program was reviewed and approved by the AAVSB RACE program for 1.0 hours of continuing education. Participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Please contact the AAVSB RACE program at race@aavsb.org if you have any comments/concerns regarding this program's validity or relevancy to the veterinary profession

For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 1 CPH recertification credits for this program.

DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies over the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, and presenters wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use, except Dr. Caroline Schrodt and Julia Petras' discussion of melioidosis as a rare disease in the United States with no FDA-approved drugs specifically for treating melioidosis; given this, the antimicrobials recommended for treatment are considered off-label.

CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.

Target Audience

  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Veterinarians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Health Educators
  • Other Clinicians

Additional Information

  • Contact Information: coca@cdc.gov
  • Support/Funding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emergency Risk Communication Branch
  • Method of Participation: You may participate in the educational activity by viewing the program information above.
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