3rd ESCMID School of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2004


26 June - 2 July 2004, Athens, Greece

Organized by the ESCMID Education Commitee.

Summer School Director

  • Asst. Prof. Matthew E. Falagas, “Henry Dunant” Hospital, Athens, Greece

Educational Programme

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Antimicrobial chemotherapy and immunisation

  • Treatment of chronic rival hepatitis B and C (S Hadziyannis)
  • Antiretroviral therapy: past present, and future (J Ioannidis)
  • How far do new antibiotics fulfil current needs? (C Carbon)
  • Indications for the use of new antifungal agents (G Samonis)
  • Probiotics: Facts and fallacies (MR Gismondo)

Microorganisms and pathogenesis

  • Resistance in HIV: diagnosis and clinical impact  (G Panos)
  • Molecular biology techniques for the diagnosis of infectious diseases (K Towner)
  • Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (LS Tzouvelekis)
  • New techniques for the diagnosis and outcome surveillance of fungal infections (J Bille)

Major clinical syndromes: diagnosis and management strategies

  • Q-fever and other rickettsial diseases in Europe (A Gikas)
  • How to manage brucellosis? (GK Daikos)
  • Developments in STDs: trends in worldwide epidemiology and modern management (G Schmid)
  • Indications for the use of corticosteroids in infectious diseases (G Scott)

Immunocompromised hosts

  • Management of infections in transplant patients (M Falagas)
  • Mother-to-child HIV transmission (S Geelen)
  • Infections in diabetic patients (A Hoepelman)
  • Developments in the wise strategies to prevent surgical infections (P Geroulanos)

Epidemiology, infection control and public health

  • Epidemiology and management of Gram-negative multi-resistant organisms (H Giammarellou)
  • Worldwide prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and impact of different strategies to control antibiotic use (A Vatopoulos)
  • Impact of bacterial resistance on clinical outcome and health expenses (Y Carmeli)
  • Epidemiological preparedness plan in Europe in the 21st century (G Saroglou)