Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance: A Practical Approach, ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop


23 - 28 June 2013, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Organiser
  • Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC)
Supporters
  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
  • University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)
  • Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI)
  • Group for the Study of the Antimicrobial Action and Resistance Mechanisms (GEMARA)
  • ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS)
Course Coordinators
  • Sebastián Albertí, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Rafael Cantón, Madrid, Spain
  • Antonio Oliver, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • Álvaro Pascual, Seville, Spain
  • Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Seville, Spain
  • Cristina Seral, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Jordi Vila, Barcelona, Spain
Course Objectives

The course provides participants with updated background information and a practical approach to the study of clinically relevant mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. This edition of the workshop will focus on Pseudomonas aeruginosa expressing extended spectrum beta-lactamases or carbapenemases with altered outer membrane permeability, mutations in QRDR of the DNA gyrase, mutations in the mismatch repair system genes and hyperexpressing efflux pumps or the chromosomal beta-lactamase AmpC.

Course Venue

Faculty of Science
University of the Balearic Islands
Cra. de Valldemossa, km 7.5
07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Phone +34 971173000
www.uib.eu

Target Audience

14 – 20 young scientists with previous training in clinical microbiology or infectious diseases who are interested in the study of antimicrobial resistance.

Contact Person

Sebastián Albertí
Edificio Cientificotécnico
Cra. de Valldemossa, km 7.5
07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Phone +34 971173353
Fax +34 971259501

Administrative Secretariat

Margalida Homar
UIB Congres-Fundacio General de la UIB
Cra. de Valldemossa, km 7.5
07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Phone +34 971172000
Fax +34 971172020

Course Programme

 

Presentations are availabe in the ESCMID Online Lecture Library.

 

General Workshop Organisation
Lectures
08:30 – 09:30 and 17:30 – 18:30

Lab sessions
09:30 – 17:30

Lunch
14:00 – 15:30

Lectures

  • Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. G. Bou
  • Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance: an update. A. Pascual
  • Role of infection control in the dissemination of MDR bacteria. E. Tacconelli
  • Clinical breakpoints and ECOFFs: benefits and problems for surveillance and antimicrobial resistance studies. G. Kahlmeter
  • Efflux pump driven resistance in P. aeruginosa. P. Plésiat
  • Genomics in antimicrobial resistance research. S. Häussler
  • Mutational and transferable multidrug resistance in P. aeruginosa. A. Oliver
  • Strategies to design new antibacterial drugs. J. Vila
  • New paradigms beyond complex and uncomplicated resistance phenotypes.
    R. Cantón
  • Acinetobacter baumannii: a journey with peril and excitement. R. Bonomo

Laboratory sessions

  • Antibiotic susceptibility tests: disk diffusion and microdilution.
  • Typing of clinical isolates: pulsed field gel electrophoresis, REP-PCR and genotyping array.
  • Hypermutation and antimicrobial resistance: plasmidic DNA preparation and characterisation, preparation of competent bacterial cells, artificial transformation assays and mutation rate.
  • Analysis of chromosomal resistance genes expression: RNA preparation and RT-PCR.
  • Contribution of acquired beta-lactamases to antimicrobial resistance: chromosomal DNA preparation, amplification of resistance genes by PCR, conjugation and spectrophotometric assay for beta-lactamase activity.
  • Identification of outer membrane proteins: SDS-PAGE, Western blot and tandem mass spectrometry.

Social Events
Welcome buffet dinner
Sunday, 23 June 2013

Official dinner
Friday, 28 June 2013

Faculty Members
  • Sebastián Albertí, Mallorca, Spain
  • Robert Bonomo, Ohio, United States
  • Germán Bou, La Coruña, Spain
  • Rafael Cantón, Madrid, Spain
  • Antonio Doménech-Sánchez, Mallorca, Spain
  • Susan Häussler, Braunschweig, Germany
  • Carlos Juan, Mallorca, Spain
  • Gunnar Kahlmeter, Växjö, Sweden
  • Bartolomé Moyá, Mallorca, Spain
  • Antonio Oliver, Mallorca, Spain
  • Alvaro Pascual, Seville, Spain
  • Patrick Plésiat, Besançon, France
  • Patricia Ruiz, Madrid, Spain
  • Evelina Tacconelli, Tübingen, Germany
  • Jordi Vila, Barcelona, Spain