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Saturday, May 01, 2010
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
| Session Number: 1115 |
| Infection and the Neonatal Brain |
| PAS Topic Symposium |
| Vancouver Convention Centre ~ West Ballroom C |
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| Target Audience: Target Audience: neurology, neonatology, infectious disease, international health, critical care, pharmacology. |
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| Objectives:
- Understand the pathophysiology of neonatal brain infections and identify new opportunities for diagnosis and therapeutic intervention[br]- Understand some of the prevention strategies and therapies that could provide additive benefit in conjunction with antiviral agents in newborns with brain infections |
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| Chairs: Terrie E. Inder, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO and Linda S. de Vries, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| The identification and treatment of neonatal brain infections has seen tremendous advances. There has been substantial progress in understanding the pathophysiology of neonatal meningitis as well as congenital and neonatal viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) and identification of novel CNS pathogens. There is also increasing recognition of the mechanisms whereby systemic infection (sepsis) can adversely affect the developing brain. Many challenges remain in translating these advances into more effective anti-infectious and neuroprotective therapies.[br]This symposium will highlight recent advances in neonatal brain infections, emphasizing advances in diagnosis and management, and will provide an overview of current approaches to the identification and diagnosis of novel CNS pathogens. This symposium will also address the neurological care and follow-up of newborns with systemic infections that indirectly influence CNS integrity. |
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Linda S. de Vries
Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 8:00 AM - |
Bugs and the Newborn Brain
Terrie E. Inder
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO |
| 8:20 AM - |
Advances in Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus and Cytomegalovirus Infections of the Newborn Brain
Richard J Whitley
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |
| 8:45 AM - |
Advances in Neonatal Group B Streptococcal and E. coli Meningitis
Carol J. Baker
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| 9:10 AM - |
Novel Infectious Agents of the Newborn Brain
Linda S. de Vries
Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 9:35 AM - |
Effects of Sepsis on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in the Premature Newborn
Barbara J. Stoll
Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
| 9:35 AM - |
Effects of Sepsis on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in the Premature Newborn
Ira S. Adams-Chapman
Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
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| Program developed by the Child Neurology Society and the Pediatric Academic Societies |
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