
Endemic and Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Mediterranean Countries, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
23 - 24 March 2013, Limassol, Cyprus
Organisers
- Cyprus Society of Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases (CSCID)
- Mediterranean Society of Chemotherapy (MSC)
Course Coordinators
- Maria Alexandrou, Limassol, Cyprus
- George Daikos, Athens, Greece
- George Petrikkos, Athens, Greece
Course Objectives
- To increase awareness of infectious diseases endemic in the Mediterranean region
- To increase knowledge about the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of these endemic and emerging infections
- To describe the problem of resistance and antibiotic usage in this area and to compare the differences between the European and non-European countries
Course Venue
Mediterranean Beach Hotel
71 Amathus Avenue
4533 Agios Tychonas
Limassol, Cyprus
Phone +357 25 55 9999
Fax +357 25 32 4754
P.O. Box 56767
3310 Limassol, Cyprus
Mediterranean Beach Hotel
Target Audience
Up to 50 – 90 epidemiologists, infectious diseases specialists, microbiologists, internal medicine doctors, pediatricians and PhD students.
Contact Person
Prof George L. Petrikkos
Athens, Greece
Phone +30 210 583 1989-90
Fax +30 210 532 6446
petrikos[at]med.uoa.gr
petrikos[at]hol.gr
Administrative Secretariat
Georgia Samona
The MASTERMIND Group
Marathonomahon Street 26
151 24 Marousi-Athens
Greece
Phone +30 210 682 7405
Fax +30 210 682 7409
Georgia Samona
www.tmg.gr
Course Programme
Presentations are availabe in the ESCMID Online Lecture Library.
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Bacterial resistance in the Mediterranean countries
Chairpersons: G. Daikos, Y. Carmeli
- Antibiotic policies and resistance in the Mediterranean countries.
Atef M. Shibl - Gram-positive resistance (MRSA, VRE, S. pneumoniae R). Stefania Stefani
- Changing epidemiology of ESBLs producing Enterobacteriaceae. Maria Souli
- Screening for carriage of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Why? Whom to screen? And how to screen? Yehuda Carmeli
- MDR and therapeutic options. George Daikos
- Coffee break
Special lecture
Chairperson: G. Petrikkos
- MDR tuberculosis. George Daikos
Zoonoses
Chairpersons: D. Raoult, G. Petrikkos
- Brucellosis. Anna Skiada
- Rickettsiosis. Didier Raoult
- New therapies for visceral leishmaniasis. Anna Skiada
- Leptospirosis. Diamandis Plachouras
- Lyme’s disease. Souha Kanj
- Lunch break
Viral infections
Chairpersons: S. Declich, S. Tsiodras
- Epidemiology of West Nile fever in the Mediterranean basin. Sotiris Tsiodras
- Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever. Diamantis Plachouras
- Chikungunya, Dengue and West Nile fever. The Italian situation.
Silvia Declich - Lessons from the 2009 influenza pandemic. Sotiris Tsiodras
- Viral hepatitis in the Mediterranean countries. George Potamitis
- Coffee Break
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
The problems of resistance in Greece and the national plan “Prokroustis”
Chairpersons: G. Petrikkos, Th. Papadimitriou
- Epidemiology of MDR Gram negatives (K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, A. baumanii). Sotiris Tsiodras
- How to face the problem. George Daikos
Comments: Y. Carmelli
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Special lecture
Chairperson: D. Plachouras
- PK-PD of antimicrobial drugs used in the endemic and emerging Mediterranean infections. Andrea Novelli
Emerging fungal infections
Chairpersons: S. Kanj, M. Alexandrou
- Mucormycosis. George Petrikkos
- Fusariosis. Anna Skiada
- Coffee break
Parasitoses
Chairpersons: G. Potamitis, S. Kanj
- Malaria. Sotirios Tsiodras
- Hydatidosis in the Mediterranean countries. Allal Dakkak
Special lecture
Chairperson: G. Petrikkos
- Paediatric infections endemic in the Mediterranean countries. Maria Koliou
Closing remarks
George Petrikkos
Faculty Members
- Maria Alexandrou, Limassol, Cyprus
- Yehuda Carmeli, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- George L. Daikos, Athens, Greece
- Allal Dakkak, Rabat, Morocco
- Silvia Declich, Rome, Italy
- Souha Kanj, Beirut, Lebanon
- Maria Koliou, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Andrea Novelli, Florence, Italy
- Theodoros Papadimitriou, Athens, Greece
- George Petrikkos, Athens, Greece
- Diamantis Plachouras, Athens, Greece
- George Potamitis, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Didier Raoult, Marseille, France
- Atef M. Shibl, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Anna Skiada, Athens, Greece
- Maria Souli, Athens, Greece
- Stefania Stefani, Catania, Italy
- Sotiris Tsiodras, Athens, Greece