Multidrug Resistant High Risk Clones (MDR-HiRiC): Features, Epidemiology and Detection
5 -6 June 2012, Barcelona, Spain
Organisers
- Translational Research on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (TROCAR)
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID)
- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Conference Objectives
This conference will address the most up-to-date knowledge on surveillance, epidemiology and molecular features of multidrug resistant high risk clones (HiRiC) currently disseminating over Europe. The conference aims to provide the scientific basis for an early warning system when specific isolates or mobile genetic elements of a particular epidemicity appear in the community and nosocomial settings.
Conference Venue
Esther Koplowitz Centre (Esteve Auditorium)
Rosselló Street, 149-153
08036 Barcelona
Spain
Target Audience
The conference is targeted to approximately 100 participants including microbiologists, basic research scientists, infectious disease physicians and epidemiologists.
Conference Material
Presentations of the conference will be available soon for ESCMID Members.
5 June 2012 | |
13:30 - 14:00 | Registration and welcome |
14:00 - 14:30 | Introduction to TROCAR project |
14:30 - 15:00 | Population dynamics of High Risk Clones: how network approaches help unravel their epidemiology at continental scales. |
15:00 - 15:30 | Clonal replacement of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Europe over time. Herminia de Lencastre |
15:30 - 16:00 | Methicillin-resistant S. aureus harbouring a mecA homologue Mark Holmes |
16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee-break |
16:30 - 17:00 | Enterococcus faecium, the shift from a commensal bacterium to an opportunistic pathogen. Roland Leclercq |
17:00 - 17:30 | Genetics of carbapenemase producers in Enterobacteriaceae; from bench to the bedside. Patrice Nordmann, Laurent Poirel, Thierry Naas |
17:30 - 18:00 | Repertoire of clones in the emergence and spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Europe. |
18:00 - 19:00 | Short presentations (TROCAR young scientist presentations of 10 minutes each) |
6 June 2012 | |
09:00 - 09:30 | The complexity of the carbapenemase epidemiology. The Greek experience. Alkiviadis Vatopoulos |
09:30 - 10:00 | Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: evolution, epidemiology and clinical implications. Gian Maria Rossolini |
10:00 - 10:30 | Nosocomial Acinetobacter pathogens: keys to persistence and resistance. Jordi Vila |
10:30 - 11:00 | Identification and detection of bacterial resistance: molecular and phenotypic approaches in Gram-negatives. Thierry Naas |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30 - 12:00 | Whole genome sequence analysis: principles and applications. Sistemas Genomicos SL |
12:00 - 12:30 | How next-generation sequencing can inform on the transmission and microevolution of bacterial pathogens. Edward Feil |
12:30 - 13:00 | Infection control measures. Yehuda Carmeli |
13:00 - 13:40 | Short presentations (TROCAR young scientist presentations of 10 minutes each) |
13:40 - 14:00 | Final discussion and end of Conference |
Conference Faculty
- Rafael Cantón, Madrid, Spain
- Yehuda Carmeli, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Edward Feil, Bath, UK
- Hajo Grundmann, Groningen, Netherlands
- Mark Holmes, Cambridge, UK
- Roland Leclercq, Caen, France
- Herminia de Lencastre, Lisbon, Portugal
- Thierry Naas, Paris, France
- Patrice Nordmann, Paris, France
- Laurent Poirel, Paris, France
- Gian Maria Rossolini, Siena, Italy
- Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa, Madrid, Spain
- Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, Athens, Greece
- Jordi Vila, Barcelona, Spain
Scientific Secretariat
Prof. Jordi Vila
Department of Clinical Microbiology
Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Villarroel, 170,
08036 Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93 227 55 22
Fax: +34 93 227 93 72
jvila[at]ub.edu
Ignasi Roca, Ph.D
Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Rosselló 149-153,
08036 Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93 227 57 07
Fax: +34 93 312 94 10
igroca[at]clinic.ub.es
Administrative Secretariat
Karin Werner
ESCMID Executive Office
Gerbergasse 14
4001 Basel
Switzerland
Phone +41 61 5080 157
Fax +41 61 5080 151
trocar[at]escmid.org