Clinical Implications of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop
10 - 12 March 2011, Izmir, Turkey
Organisers
Turkish Society of Microbiology (TMS) - Steering Committee for Standardization of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Course Materials
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Thursday, 10 March 2011
- Breakpoints for susceptibility testing – EUCAST and CLSI – an introduction. & Harmonisation of breakpoints in Europe and development of EUCAST breakpoints. G. Kahlmeter
- PK/PD as tools in breakpoints determination. C. Giske
- EUCAST methods (MIC-determination and disk diffusion) for susceptibility testing. D. Brown
- Supplementary tests (Gram positives, Gram negatives and new agents) for detection of resistance mechanisms. C. Kayacan
- Expert rules – revised version of EUCAST rules? D. Gür
- Implementation of EUCAST antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods. G. Kahlmeter & D. Brown
- Commercial systems and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. G. Soyletir
- Being aware of the limitations of antimicrobial susceptibility testing: quality control and quality assurance. A. Basustaoglu
- What is new in EUCAST 2011: Methods and
- breakpoints proposed by ESCMID subcommittees and expert groups (Anaerobes – C.difficile, Helicobacter and Campylobacter, Antifungals, topicals). D. Brown & G. Kahlmeter
Friday, 11 March 2011
- Emerging resistance mechanisms in Gram-positive bacteria. W. Witte
- Emerging resistance mechanisms in Gram-negative bacteria. C. Giske
- Low level resistance to antimicrobials - Detection. S. Aydemir
- Low level resistance to antimicrobials - Clinical implications. M. Akova
- Genotypic methods for detection of resistance. S. Amyes
Course Faculty
- Murat Akova, Ankara, TR
- Sebastian Amyes, Edinburgh, UK
- Sohret Aydemir, Izmir, TR
- Ahmet Basustaoglu, Ankara, TR
- Derek Brown, Cambridge, UK
- Cem Ergon, Izmir, TR
- Christian Giske, Stockholm, SE
- Zeynep Gülay, Izmir, TR
- Deniz Gür, Ankara, TR
- Gunnar Kahlmeter, Vaxjo, SE
- Cigdem Kayacan, Istanbul, TR
- Sesin Kocagoz, Istanbul, TR
- Mehmet Ali Ozinel, Izmir TR
- Guner Soyletir, Istanbul, TR
- Wolfgang Witte, Wernigerode, DE
Contact Person
Deniz Gur
Hacettepe University Children’s Hospital
S?hhiye, Ankara 06100
Turkey
Administrative Secretariat
Zeynep Gulay
Dokuz Eylul University
School of Medicine
Dept of Medical Microbiology
Izmir 35340
Turkey
Course Objectives
- To learn about emerging resistance mechanisms, their detection and clinical implications
- To understand the rationale behind the implementation of EUCAST breakpoints
Course Venue
Dokuz Eylul University
School of Medicine
Department of Medical Microbiology
Balcova, Izmir
Turkey
Target Audience
25-30 Clinical Microbiologists and other interested people
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