Arranged with the ESCMID Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG) and the EUCAST Subcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST-AFST)

Convenors: J.L. Rodriguez Tudela (Madrid, ES), J. Bille (Lausanne, CH)

• Antifungal drug breakpoints: phenotypic, genotypic and clinical resistance. J.L. Rodriguez Tudela (Madrid, ES)
• Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of antifungal agents: how, when, where? R.J. Brüggemann (Nijmegen, NL)
• Pharmacoeconomy and antifungal prescriptions O.A. Cornely (Cologne, DE)

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EW05: Diagnosis of bacterial biofilm infections

Arranged with the ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms (ESGB)

Convenor: N. Høiby (Copenhagen, DK)

• Overview of methods for diagnosis of biofilm infections. T. Bjarnsholt (Lyngby, DK)
• Diagnosis of staphylococcal biofilm infections on foreign bodies. H. Rohde (Hamburg, DE)
• Diagnosis of bacterial biofilms in chronic otitis media. G.D. Ehrlich (Pittsburgh, US)
• Diagnosis of bacterial biofilms in chronic sinusitis and pneumonia. N. Hoiby (Copenhagen, DK)

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EW07: Viruses and the respiratory tract – current and future issues

Arranged with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) for the EU-funded Network of Excellence Genomics to Combat Resistance against Antibiotics in Community-acquired LRTI in Europe (GRACE)

Convenors: R. Finch (Nottingham, UK), L. van der Hoek (Amsterdam, NL)

• Vaccine prevention of non-influenza viral respiratory disease – current and future. A. Osterhaus (Rotterdam, NL)
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• Respiratory viruses with impact on the lung. A. Papi and M. Contoli (Ferrara, IT)
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• Viral pneumonia – primary and co-pathogenic infections. M. Contoli (Ferrara, IT)
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• Current laboratory diagnosis of viral respiratory tract infections. A. Bermingham (London, UK)
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• Identifying novel respiratory viruses – the technology and examples from the GRACE approach. L. van der Hoek (Amsterdam, NL)
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• National and international surveillance of viral respiratory infections – strengths, weaknesses and future directions. A. Bermingham (London, UK)
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Emerging virus infections, a continuing challenge

Excellence Award Lecture

Chairs: G. Cornaglia (Verona, IT), J. Garau (Barcelona, ES)

A. Osterhaus (Rotterdam, NL)

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Structure meets function in beta-lactam and beta-lactamase research

Keynote Lecture

Chair: L. Poirel (Paris, FR)

R.A. Bonomo (Cleveland, US)

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Paleomicrobiology: queries from the past, solutions from the future

Keynote Lecture

Chair: F. Baquero (Madrid, ES)

D. Raoult (Marseille, FR)

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Expanding spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases

Keynote Lecture

Chair: J. van der Meer (Nijmegen, NL)

I. Aksentijevich (Bethesda, US)

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Molecular architecture and antigenic structure of flaviviruses

Keynote Lecture

Chair: J.M. Pipas (Pittsburgh, US)

F. Heinz*, K. Stiasny, H. Holzmann, S. Kiermayr (Vienna, AT)

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New aspects of emerging Clostridium difficile infections (CDI)

Official Symposium, arranged with the ESCMID Study Group for Clostridium difficile (ESGCD)

Chairs: F. Barbut (Paris, FR), J. O'Driscoll (Aylesbury, UK)

• On food, animals and Clostridium difficile
  M. Rupnik (Maribor, SI) 
• Pros and cons of molecular fingerprinting for Clostridium difficile infections
  E.J. Kuijper (Leiden, NL) 
• New treatment aspects of CDI
  M. Wilcox (Leeds, UK) 
• Emerging community-acquired CDI in North America and Europe
  S. Dial (Montreal, CA)

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Pneumococcal infection: insights into pathogenesis and therapeutic potential

Official Symposium

Chairs: W. Hryniewicz (Warsaw, PL), K. Mühlemann (Berne, CH)

• The interface between innate and adaptive immune responses
  D.H. Dockrell (Sheffield, UK)
• Mucosal immunity
  J. Weiser (Philadelphia, US)
• Bacterial evolution in the face of immunological pressure
  C. Donati*, A. Muzzi, A. Covacci, R. Rappuoli, V. Masignani, M. Barocchi (Siena, IT)
• Pneumococcal vaccination
  D. Bogaert (Utrecht, NL)

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Antibacterial susceptibility testing and implications for resistance surveillance and treatment

Official Symposium, arranged with ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS) and EUCAST

Chairs: M. Gniadkowski (Warsaw, PL), D. Brown (Peterborough, UK)

• Problems with low level resistance against beta-lactams
  P. Nordmann (Paris, FR)
• Problems with low level resistance against quinolones
  L. Martínez-Martínez (Santander, ES)
• Problems with low level resistance against glycopeptides
  A. Soriano (Barcelona, ES)
• Use of epidemiological cut-off values (ECOFFs)
  G. Kahlmeter (Växjö, SE)

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MALDI-TOF in clinical microbiology

Official Symposium

Chairs: E. Nagy (Szeged, HU), J. Vila (Barcelona, ES)

• Microbiological identification by routine use of MALDI-TOF
  M. Drancourt (Marseille, FR)
• Bacterial typing
  T. Hain (Giessen, DE)
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• MALDI-TOF-MS of surface-associated and stable intracellular proteins for identification and resistance profiling of human pathogens
  H.N. Shah (London, UK)
• Yeast identification
  G. Haase (Aachen, DE)
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Microbial colonization of respiratory tract: does it always predict a nasty outcome?

ESCMID/ICAAC Joint Symposium

Chairs: M. Akova (Ankara, TR), F.D. Lowy (New York, US)

• Colonization dynamics: a basic microbiological perspective
  J. Weiser (Philadelphia, US)
• Bacterial colonization of respiratory tract in mechanically-ventilated patients
  J. Rello (Tarragona, ES)
• Clinical significance of pneumocystis colonization
  A. Morris (Pittsburgh, US)
• Isolation of Aspergillus from the respiratory tract of critically ill patients
  D. Vogelaers (Ghent, BE)

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Tuberculosis at the cutting edge

Official Symposium

Chairs: M. Lecuit (Paris, FR), L. Ramakrishann (Washington, US)

• New insights into host-pathogen responses in TB
  A. Lalvani (London, UK)
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• Zebrafish as an animal model to study TB
  L. Ramakrishann (Washington, US)
• Genomics and therapeutics
  S. Cole (Lausanne, CH)
• TB – new treatments for the 21st century
  V. Jarlier (Paris, FR)

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Fever in the returning traveller

Official Symposium

Chairs: T. Pal (Al Ain, AE), Z. Bisoffi (Verona, IT)

• Fever in travellers from India and south-eastern Asia
  N. Beeching (Liverpool, UK)
• Fever in travellers from South America
  E. Gotuzzo (Lima, PE)
• Fever in travellers from Africa
  Z. Bisoffi (Verona, IT)
• Computer-assisted diagnosis of fever in travellers
  J. Van den Ende (Antwerp, BE)

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Management of infections caused by viruses in haematopoietic stem cell recipients

Official Symposium

Chairs: P. Kalhs (Vienna, AT) & G. Boivin (Quebec, CA)

• Respiratory virus infections
  G. Boivin (Quebec City, CA)
• Management of HCMV infections in haematopoietic stem cell recipients
  F. Baldanti, Pavia, IT
• Epstein-Barr virus infections
  J.M. Middeldorp (Amsterdam, NL)
• Adenovirus infections 
  A. Heim (Hanover, DE)
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