A Modern Approach to the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
7 - 8 September 2007, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Organizers
This course is jointly organized by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), the Interregional Association of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IACMAC) and the Italian ESCMID-affiliated societies AMCLI, SIC, SIM, SIMIT, and SIV, and in cooperation with the Italian and Russian chapters of APUA.
Course Objectives
During the last 20 years, all European countries have seen changes to clinical services, health systems and other mechanisms through which sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are controlled.
These changes mostly followed the description of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and its causal agent, but increasing antimicrobial resistance complicates treating ‚old‘ STDs, too.
Insufficient health care centres, inadequate laboratory capabilities, and the unavailability of appropriate treatment often perpetuate the prevalence of STDs, and it is important to underline that underservicing is evident throughout our continent.
The purpose of this course is to sketch these developments in STD services and to provide an update of both the current epidemiology of STDs in Europe and their medical challenges.
Presentations
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- The role of clinical microbiology laboratories in diagnosing and monitoring STDs
Enrico Magliano, Milan, Italy - Modern aspects of diagnosis and treatment of genital candidiasis
Nikolay Klimko, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Rising resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to antibiotics and current treatment of gonococcal infection
Sergey Sekhin, Smolensk, Russia - Syphilis: current epidemiology and management strategies
Marco Cusini, Milan, Italy - Infections due to Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma: current state and general approaches to diagnosis and management
Mikhail Gomberg, Moscow, Russia - Pelvic inflammatory disease: diagnostic complexity and treatment options
Dino Guaschino, Trieste, Italy
Presentation not available - Human papillomavirus infections and cancer
Giorgio Palú, Padua, Italy - Herpes simplex infections: peculiarities of diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Giorgio Palú, Padua, Italy and Alberto Matteelli, Brescia, Italy - HIV and STD interactions: epidemiology and treatment strategies
Alberto Matteelli, Brescia, Italy - Bacterial vaginosis: a modern approach to its diagnosis and treatment
George Schmid, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland - Seroepidemiology of Trichomonas vaginalis and patterns of association with other venereal infections and HIV
Daniele Dessi, Sassari, Italy
Presentation not available - STDs in pregnancy: influence on outcomes, current approaches to the prevention and management
Mario Poljak, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Topical and systemic therapies in STDs
Francesco Scaglione, Milan, Italy
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