5th International Day for Fighting Infection
23 April 2012, London, UK
Organiser
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
See the pictures from the 5th Day for Fighting Infection held in London, UK, 23 April 2012.
Conference Material
Webcasts of the conference are available in the ESCMID Online Lecture Library
| 08:30 | Mankind and diseases in the pre-antibiotic era | A. Geddes |
| 09:00 | Penicillin, or serendipity | T. White |
| 09:30 | Cephalosporins, or obstinacy | G. Cornaglia |
| 10:30 | Quinolones, a systematic quest | D. Hooper |
| 11:00 | The evolution of antimicrobial resistance | R. Sykes |
| 11:30 | Carbapenemases, the last threat | P. Nordmann |
| 13:00 | "My” Antibiotic Days: the ever-changing patterns of antimicrobial therapy | E. Bouza |
| 13:30 | Antibiotics and environment: a holistic viewNo webcast available | J. Larsson |
| 14:00 | Where should we look next for antimicrobial therapy? | J. Cohen |
| 14:30 | Which future for Antibiotics? | A.MacGowan |
Target Audience
Specialists or physicians in training in the following disciplines:
infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, pathology and other disciplines dealing with all aspects of laboratory diagnostics
Registration Fee
Members of ESCMID and Affiliated Societies
- Before and on 8 July 2011: EUR 500
- After 8 July 2011: EUR 600
All others
- Before and on 8 July 2011: EUR 700
- After 8 July 2011: EUR 800
The tuition fee includes the scientific sessions, printed conference material, lunches and coffee breaks, but not travel and accommodation costs.
Faculty Members
- Emilio Bouza, Madrid, ES
- Jonathan Cohen, Brighton, UK
- Giuseppe Cornaglia, Verona, IT
- Alasdair Geddes, Birmingham, UK
- David Hooper, Boston, MA, US
- Joakim Larsson, Gothenburg, SE
- Alasdair MacGowan, Bristol, UK
- Patrice Nordmann, Paris, FR
- Richard Sykes, London, UK
- Tony White, Newport, UK
Scientific Secretariat
Giuseppe Cornaglia
Dept. of Pathology and Diagnostics
University of Verona
37134 Verona, Italy
Phone +39 045 802 71 96
Fax +39 045 802 71 01
Giuseppe Cornaglia
Administrative Secretariat
Thomas Greif
ESCMID Executive Office
P.O. Box 214
4010 Basel, Switzerland
Phone +41 61 508 01 54
Fax +41 61 508 01 51
