Educational Material for 5th ESCMID School 2006

PowerPoint Presentations

1. Changing aspects of Clostridium difficile infection
Elisabeth Nagy, Szeged, Hungary
2. Immunodefficiency in patients with chronic medical conditions
Galo Peralta, Torrelavega, Spain
3. The host-microbe interphase as a target for anti-infective therapy
Jordi Vila, Barcelona, Spain
4. Vaccines for Streptococcus pneumoniae
José María Marimón, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
5. Infective endocarditis and surgery
Carlos-A. Mestres, Barcelona, Spain
6. Developments in STDs: global epidemiology and management
George Schmid, Geneva, Switzerland
7. Diagnosis of tuberculosis old and new
Achim Schwenk, London, UK
8. Innate immunity: the first line against infections
Juan Pablo Horcajada, Santander, Spain
9. Clinical relevance of blood-culture for anaerobes
Elisabeth Nagy, Szeged, Hungary
10. The growing problem of viral respiratory infections
Nuria Rabella, Barcelona, Spain
11. Development of resistance mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Luis Martinez Martinez, Santander, Spain
12. Type III secretion systems (TTSS)
Franciso Garcia-del Portillo, Madrid, Spain
13. Antimicrobial consumption and impact on resistance
Rafael Canton, Madrid, Spain


Publications

1. Infections in patients with diabetes mellitus
2. Infections in cirrhosis
3. Clostridium difficile infection and pseudomembranous colitis
4. Toxin production by an emerging strain of Clostridium difficile-associated with outbreaks of severe disease in North America and Europe
5. Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in adults
6. Can we afford to do anaerobic cultures and identification?
A positive point of view
7. Community-acquired anaerobic bacteremia in adults: one-year experience in a medical center
8. Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
9. Treatment and control of severe infections caused by multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
10. Viral pneumonia in older adults
11. Type III protein secretion mechanism in mammalian and plant pathogens
12.

Bacterial adhesion and entry into host cells

13. Human intestinal bacteria as reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes
14. Pet animals as reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria
15. Resistance in the environment
16. Pneumococcal vaccines: an update on current strategies
17. Pneumococcal vaccines
18. Squeezing the antibiotic balloon: the impact of antimicrobial classes on emerging resistance
19. Health care-associated bloodstream infections in adults: a reason to change the accepted definition of community-acquired infections
20. Innate immune responses to infection
21. Clinical manifestations of mannan-binding lectin deficiency
22. Growing importance of liver disease in HIV-infected persons
23. Prevention of viral hepatitis in HIV co-infection
24. Use of surgery in patients with native valve infective endocarditis: results from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database
25. Staphylococcus aureus native valve infective endocarditis: report of 566 episodes from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database
26. The use and effect of surgical therapy for prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: A propensity analysis of a multicenter, international cohort
27. The surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: an overview
28. Standardization of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) terminology for anti-infective drugs: an update
29. Treatment of infections with ESBL-producing organisms: pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations
30. Outpatient antibiotic use in Europe and association with resistance: a cross-national database study
31. Antibiotic consumption and generation of resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: the paradoxical impact of quinolones in a complex selective landscape
32. The role of integrons in antibiotic resistance gene capture
33. Utility of the antigen-specific interferon-g assay for the management of tuberculosis
34. Clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measurements for its prevention and control (Guidelines of Royal College of Physicians, short version)
35. Clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measurements for its prevention and control (Guidelines of Royal College of Physicians, full version)
36. Quorum sensing inhibitors: a bargain of effects
37. The bacterial HPr kinase/phosphorylase: A new type of Ser/Thr kinase as antimicrobial target
38. Guide to sexually transmitted disease resources on the internet
39. European STD Guidelines
40. Resistance integrons and super-integrons