Acute Infectious Encephalitis: Challenges in Clinical and Biological Diagnosis, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
30 March - 1 April 2011, Grenoble, France
Course Materials
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
- Pathophysiology of acute encephalitis. T. De Broucker
- Epidemiology of encephalitis in Europe. J. Granerod
- First line management of suspected encephalitis. J.-P. Stahl
Thursday 31 March 2011
- The value of new tools and trusted recipes in the aetiological diagnosis of encephalitis. P. Morand
- The challenge of diagnosis HHV6 encephalitis. K.N. Ward
- Tick-borne encephalitis. T. Lenhard
- Rabies epidemiology, prevention and treatment. A. Mailles, R. Gauzit
- Viral zoonotic encephalitis. B. Paterson
- Besides pathogens: immune-mediated encephalitis mimicking viral encephalitis. J. Honnorat
Friday, 1 April 2011
- Emerging encephalitis: WN, Nipah, Enterovirus 71 and others. N. Tordo
- Imaging in encephalitis. N. Girard
- Workshop on unusual presentations. P. Tattevin
Course Faculty
- T. De Broucker, Saint Denis, FR
- R. Gauzit, Paris, FR
- N. Girard, Marseille, FR
- J. Granerod, London, UK
- J. Honnorat, Lyon, FR
- T. Lehnhard, Heidelberg, DE
- A. Mailles, Paris, FR
- P. Morand, Grenoble, FR
- B. Paterson, Newcastle, AU
- J.-P. Stahl, Grenoble, FR
- P. Tattevin, Rennes, FR
- N. Tordo, Lyon, FR
- K. N. Ward, London, UK
Contact Person
Jean Paul Stahl
Service des Maladies Infectieuses
CHU Grenoble, CP 217
38043 Grenoble
France
Phone +33 476 76 5291
Fax +33 476 76 5838
Administrative Secretariat
Marguerite Gaulin
SPILF
40 Impasse Anatole France
Cidex 423
38920 Crolles
France
Phone +33 476 765 291
Fax +33 476 765 838
Course Objectives
- To know about the epidemiology of acute infectious encephalitis in Europe and other travel destinations
- To be able to distinguish between infectious encephalitis and infection-mimicking encephalitis
- To understand the pathophysiology of acute infectious encephalitis
- To be able to propose an appropriate biological and imaging diagnosis management
- To manage unusual or rare infectious encephalitis
- To be able to propose an appropriate treatment for an acute infectious encephalitis
Course Venue
Grenoble University,
Grenoble
France
Target Audience
Up to 50 hospital physicians (infectious diseases, medical microbiology, neurology, internal medicine).
