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)