2nd ESCMID School of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2003


28 June - 4 July 2003, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Organized by the ESCMID Education Commitee.

Summer School Director

  • Prof Dr I.M. Hoepelman, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Educational Programme

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  • HIV Host defences destroyed? H. Schuitemaker
  • How can we control HIV globally? J. Lange
  • Strategies and development of vaccines against meningococci. L. van Alphen
  • New therapeutic options for fungal infections. B.J. Kullberg
  • Clinical implication of PK/PD relationship of antimicrobial agents. J.W. Mouton
  • New non-HIV antiviral agents. E. de Clercq
  • Mathematical modelling of bacterial resistance. M.J.M. Bonten
  • Optimal control of the usage of antimicrobial agents in the community. J.W.M. van der Meer
  • Virulence factors and quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (as example). B. Wretlind
  • Susceptibility factors to mycobacterial infections. J.T. van Dissel
  • New diagnostic techniques for fungal infections. P. Verweij
  • Bone and prosthetic joint infections. W. Zimmerli
  • Hemorrhagic fevers. B. Bannister
  • Diagnosis and management of viral meningo-encephalitis. B. Sköldenberg
  • Infections in premature- and newborn infants. A. Fleer
  • Parasitic infections in the immunocompromised host. T. van Gool
  • SARS. J.T. van Dissel
  • Management of low-risk febrile neutropenia. T. Calandra
  • Molecular mechanisms and clinical implications of resistance in HIV. C. Boucher
  • Pediatric HIV and prevention of mother-to-child transmission. S.P.M. Geelen
  • Management of antiretroviral therapy: when to iniate, what drugs to use, and when to change. C. Katlama
  • Epidemiology of rickettsial disease. M. Drancourt
  • Hospital epidemiology and infection control: a Friday afternoon with the infection control consultant. A. Voss