Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Surveillance: from Laboratory to Clinic - the EUCAST and ESGARS Perspective, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course


27 - 30 September 2010, Madrid, Spain

Organizers

Jointly organized by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) and the ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS).

Course Materials

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Lectures

Monday , 27 September 2010

  • European (EUCAST) breakpoint setting and harmonization. Gunnar Kahlmeter
  • Breakpoints. EUCAST or CLSI? Derek Brown
  • Importance of PK/PD data in the process of setting breakpoints. Johan W. Mouton
  • Anaerobes: breakpoints and surveillance. Arne Rodloff

 

Thuesday, 28 September 2010

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: diffusion methods. Gunnar Kahlmeter
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: dilution methods. Luis Martínez-Martínez
  • Quality assurance of susceptibility testing. Derek Brown
  • Phenotypic methods for detection of resistance mechanisms. Christian Giske
  • Surveillance. Public versus private. Christian Giske


Wednesday, 29 September 2010

  • Surveillance of gram-positives with low-level resistance mechanism. Emmanuelle Cambau
  • Influence of breakpoint definition on microbiology surveillance. M. Isabel Morosini
  • EUCAST expert rules. Rafael Cantón
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: automatic systems. Rafael Cantón

 

Thursday, 30 September 2010

  • Surveillance of Gram-negatives with low-level resistance mechanisms. Álvaro Pascual
  • Genotypic methods for detection of resistance. Luis Martinez-Martinez

 

Practical, Laboratory Sessions

no presentations are available for these

  • International Standards Organization (ISO) microdilution and other dilution techniques
  • Diffusion techniques (disk diffusion and gradient strips)
  • Automated systems for antimicrobial susceptibility testing
  • Tests for specific resistance mechanisms (ESBLs, AmpC, carbapenemases, hVISA, etc)
  • Epidemiolgical surveillance computer programmes
  • Computer expert programmes
Course Faculty

Lecturers

  • Derek Brown, Peterborough, UK
  • Emmanuelle Cambau, Paris, FR
  • Rafael Cantón, Madrid, ES
  • Christian Giske, Stockholm, SE
  • Gunnar Kahlmeter, Vaxjo, SE
  • Luis Martínez-Martínez, Santander, ES
  • Johan W. Mouton, Nijmegen, NL
  • Maria-Isabel Morosini, Madrid, ES
  • Álvaro Pascual, Seville, ES
  • Arne Rodloff, Leipzig, DE


Practical, Laboratory Sessions

  • Erika Matuschek, Vaxjo, SE
  • Carlos Ruiz de Alegría, Santander, ES
  • Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa, Madrid, ES
Contact Persons (educational programme)

Rafael Canton, Madrid, ES

Luis Martinez-Martinez, Santander, ES

 

Course Coordinators

for EUCAST

  • Derek Brown, Peterborough, UK
  • Rafael Cantón, Madrid, ES
  • Gunnar Kahlmeter, Vaxjo, SE

for ESGARS

  • Giuseppe Cornaglia, Verona, IT
  • Luis Martínez-Martínez, Santander, ES
  • Gian Maria Rossolini, Siena, IT
Administrative Secretariat

Ana Moreno-Bofarull
Servicio de Microbiología
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
Carretera de Colmenar, Km 9, 100
28034 Madrid, Spain


Phone +34 913 36 88 32
Fax +34 913 36 88 09

Course Objectives
  • Explain the current process of EUCAST breakpoint definition, understand the rationale for EUCAST breakpoints and explain implementation of EUCAST breakpoints
  • Perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing by dilution, diffusion and automatic techniques, with a EUCAST perspective and explain differences from the CLSI approach
  • Understand the application of EUCAST expert rules for antimicrobial susceptibility testing
  • Explain antimicrobial surveillance systems (public versus private) and benefits for establishment of antimicrobial guidelines and the design of antibiotic policies
  • Understand the importance of breakpoints in antimicrobial resistance surveillance systems
 
Course Venue

Microbiology Department, School of Pharmacy
Complutense University
Madrid, Spain

 

Target Audience

30-35 clinical microbiologists with an interest in antimicrobial susceptibility testing and surveillance. Representatives from National Antimicrobial Committees will have preference over other applicants for participation in this PGEC.