Quinolones: from Bench to Bedside, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
5 - 7 October 2011, Santander, Spain
Organisers
Luis Martínez-Martínez, Santander, ES, on behalf of the ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS)
Course Materials
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Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 09:00 – 18:30
Lectures:
- Mechanism of action of quinolones. Peter Heisig
- Mechanisms of resistance to quinolones in Gram-positive bacteria. Emmanuelle Cambau
- Mechanisms of resistance to quinolones in Gram-negative bacteria. José Manuel Rodríguez
- Mechanisms of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance. Alvaro Pascual
- Epidemiology of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance. Alessandra Carattoli
Practical cases of interpretative reading and clinical impact of the antibiogram. Dora Szabo and Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 09:00 – 18:30
Lectures:
- Epidemiology of chromosomally encoded quinolone resistance. Gian Maria Rossolini
- Virulence factors in quinolone-resistant organisms. Jordi Vila
- Pharmaco-kinetic and pharmaco-dynamic aspects of quinolones. Federico Pea
Presentation not available
- Breakpoints for clinical categorisation of quinolone activity. Rafael Cantón
Presentation not available
Practical cases of interpretative reading and clinical impact of the antibiogram. Luis Martínez-Martínez and Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
Presentation not available
Friday, 7 October 2011, 9:00 – 17:00
Lectures:
- Phenotypic and genotypic methods for detection of quinolone resistance. Christian Giske
- Evaluation of quinolone activity with animal models. Jerónimo Pachón
- Clinical impact of quinolone resistance. Bruno Fantin
- Quinolones for therapy of mycobacterial infections. Alexandra Aubry
- Clinical use of quinolones. M. Carmen Fariñas
Course Faculty
- Alexandra Aubry, Paris, FR
- Emmanuelle Cambau, Paris, FR
- Rafael Cantón, Madrid, ES
- Alessandra Carattoli, Rome, IT
- Giuseppe Cornaglia, Verona, IT
- Bruno Fantin, Paris, FR
- M. Carmen Fariñas, Santander, ES
- Christian Giske, Stockholm, SE
- Peter Heisig, Bonn, DE
- Luis Martínez-Martínez, Santander, ES
- Jerónimo Pachón, Seville, ES
- Alvaro Pascual, Seville, ES
- Federico Pea, Udine, IT
- José Manuel Rodríguez, Seville, ES
- Jesús Rodríguez Baño, Seville, ES
- Gian Maria Rossolini, Siena, IT
- Dora Szabo, Budapest, HU
- Jordi Vila, Barcelona, ES
Contact Person (Education Programme)
Luis Martínez-Martínez, Santander, ES
Administrative Secretariat
Marta de Isla Álvarez
AFID Congresos S.L.
Menéndez Pelayo, 6 Ent. A
39006 Santander
Spain
Phone +34 942 318180
Fax +34 942 318653
Course Objectives
- To explain the clinical relevance of microbiological laboratory data for quinolones.
- To analyse the mechanisms of action and of resistance to this group of antimicrobial agents and their relationship with bacterial virulence.
- To discuss the influence of these issues and of PK/PD parameters in defining clinical categories along with their impact on the clinical use of these agents.
- To present practical cases of quinolone use in the clinical setting, with an interactive discussion moderated by both a clinical microbiologist and an infectious disease specialist.
Course Venue
Continuing Education Facilities
Pabellón 16
University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla
Avda. Valdecilla s/n
Santander, Spain
Target Audience
30 – 45 clinical microbiologists, clinical pharmacologists or infectious disease specialists interested in the study and/or the clinical use of quinolones.