Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to.

1. Recognize the significance of diabetes as a TB risk factor.
2. Recognize  the concept, manifestations and possible mechanisms of diabetic immunopathy.
3. Recognize  the significance of low BMI as a TB risk factor and the influence of diabetes on that risk.

Faculty

Hardy Kornfeld, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.