Target Audience

This activity is specifically designed for clinicians, healthcare providers, and AMR stewards to address AMR at the hospital.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the module, learners should be able to:

  • Recognize the clinical features and major Gram-positive causes of infective endocarditis.

  • Apply an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis of infective endocarditis using microbiology and echocardiography.

  • Select appropriate antimicrobial therapy based on the causative organism and susceptibility profile.

  • Incorporate antimicrobial stewardship principles into the management of infective endocarditis.

Module Outline

This module will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

  • Introduction and Learning Context

  • Clinical Vignettes

  • Foundations of Infective Endocarditis

  • Clinical Recognition

  • Diagnostic Evaluation

  • Microbiology

  • Treatment of Infective Endocarditis

  • Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship

  • Advanced Management Considerations

  • Take-Home Messages and Summary

Course Directors

Dr. Carl Boodman, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H, CTropMed® is a Canadian infectious diseases physician, a medical microbiologist and a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Tropical Medicine/ University of Antwerp (Belgium). He is a Clinical Investigator Program Candidate at the University of Manitoba (Canada) and a member of the International Diagnostics Network.


Dr. Nitin Gupta, MBBS, MD, DM, DTM&H, CTropMed, DipRCPath, AAHIVS, PGPE, FRSPH, CIC, MTM - Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India Coordinator, Centre for Tropical Febrile Illness, MAHE, Manipal, India.

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