Session date: 
12/06/2017 - 11:30am to 12:30pm

Title: Clinical Metagenomics in Prosthetic Joint Infections

Speaker: Robin Patel, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Objectives:

  1. Define the rationale for needing improved diagnostics for prosthetic joint infection
  2. Compare metagenomic shotgun sequencing with broad-range bacterial PCR and organism-specific PCR approaches
  3. Describe steps involved in metagenomic shotgun sequencing


Audience: DLMP Staff

The following DLMP Grand Rounds Planning Committee members declare that they have nothing to disclose in relation to this presentation: Loralie J. Langman, Ph.D., Rondell P. Graham, M.B.B.S., Justin D. Kreuter, M.D., Anja C. Roden, M.D., Elitza S. Theel, Ph.D., Thomas Huntley, MT (ASCP)


CME Credit information for DLMP Grand Rounds can be found on the series landing page.   Each monthly session is reviewed for CME credit; if a session does meet the CME credit criteria, it will be announced as such.

Presenter: 
Robin Patel, M.D.
Where did the idea for the course originate?: 
Minnesota
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Where did the idea for the course originate?: 
Minnesota