Final Programme

Scientific Programme Sunday, April 2, 2006
O57 New mutation at the position 81 in GyrA
10:18 in clinical strains of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis resistant to quinolone:
report of two clinical cases and functional
analysis of DNA gyrase mutant enzymes
S. Matrat, N. Veziris, V. Jarlier, E. Cambau,
C. Truffot-Pernot, J. Camuset, E. Bouvet,
A. Aubry (Paris, Créteil, Argenteuil, FR)
Iris Viruses and viral diagnostics
08:30–
10:30 Chairpersons: Ron Fouchier (Rotterdam, NL)
Françoise Brun-Vézinet (Paris, FR)
O58 HCMV infects and replicates in the adrenal
08:30 gland
M. Trevisan, G. Masi, R. Cusinato, K. Fincati,
A. Loregian, G. Palù, L. Barzon (Padua, IT)
O59 Simultaneous detection of the human
08:42 cytomegalovirus DNA and RNA by
targeting the UL73/74 gene region using
multiplex real-time polymerase chain
reaction assays
Y.-J. Chan, J.-C. Lin, C.-H. Tsai, W.-S. Weng,
D.M-T. Ho (Taipei, TW)
O60 Prospective comparison of real-time
08:54 quantitative PCR on blood with rapid culture
of urine and throat samples for monitoring
cytomegalovirus infection in hematopoietic
stem cell transplant recipients
I. Thoelen, W. Laffut, K. Van Vaerenbergh,
M. Develter, K. Theunissen, J. Maertens,
J. Van Eldere (Leuven, BE)
O61 Diagnostic relevance of screening clinical
09:06 specimens from patients attending infectious
diseases and haematology units for HHV6
DNA: a two-year experience
G. Parruti, A. Manna, A. Di Girolamo, M. Ciotti,
D. Racciatti, G. D’Amico, C. Favalli, E. Pizzigallo,
D. D’Antonio (Pescara, Chieti, Rome, IT)
O62 Echovirus 9: a prominent enterovirus
09:18 causing CNS disease in Kuwait
A. Dalwai, S. Ahmad, A. Pacsa, W. Al-Nakib
(Kuwait, KW)
O63 Detection of respiratory pathogens
09:30 by real-time PCR in clinical practice
J.W.A. Rossen, E.G. Klein Breteler,
A.J. Weersink, R. Schuurman, A.M. van Loon
(Utrecht, NL)
O64 Nucleic acid sequence based amplification
09:42 and molecular beacon detection for the realtime
identification of human metapneumo -
virus in paediatric respiratory specimens
R. Manji, F. Zhang, C. Ginocchio
(Lake Success, US)
O65 Development of a real-time NASBA for
09:54 human metapneumovirus
E. Bufflier, H. Savelli, F. Jacobs, C. Moore,
P. Van de Wiel (Grenoble, FR; Boxtel, NL;
Cardiff, UK)
O66 Viral induced asthma exacerbations not
10:06 associated with delayed viral clearance
and increased viral load
A.P.E. Sachs, L.J.R. van Elden, A.M. van Loon,
G. Kimman, T.J.M. Verheij, M. Nijhuis
(Utrecht, Bilthoven, NL)
O67 Quantitative detection of herpes simplex
10:18 virus DNA in the lower respiratory tract
J. Gooskens, K. Templeton, E. Claas,
M. van Bussel, V. Smit, A. Kroes (Leiden, NL)
Erato Clinical epidemiology of nosocomial
08:30– infections
10:30 Chairpersons: Jacques Fabry (Lyon, FR)
Geoffrey Scott (London, UK)
O68 Surgical site infections in Europe:
08:30 results from HELICS surveillance 2004
C. De Laet, C. Suetens, J. Fabry
(Brussels, BE; Lyon, FR)
O69 Deep sternal wound infections following
08:42 coronary artery bypass graft surgery:
risk factors and implications
M. Paul, C. Madar, E. Raz, R. Holinger, A. Fraser,
L. Leibovici, B. Rubinovitch (Petah Tikva, IL)
O70 Diagnosis and microbiology of prosthetic
08:54 shoulder infection
K. Piper, P. Anguita Alonso, M. Jacobson,
A. Trampuz, R. Cofield, J. Sperling,
J. Sanchez Sotelo, D. Osmon, R. Patel
(Rochester, US)
O71 The association between ventilator
09:06 associated pneumonia and ICU mortality:
approximation of attributable mortality
M. Koeman, E. Hak, A. de Smet,
G. van der Heyden, M.J.M. Bonten (Utrecht, NL)
O72 Pattern and dynamics of airways colonisation
09:18 in mechanically ventilated patients
J-E. Berdal, J. Bjørnholdt, A. Blomfeldt,
G. Bukholm, N. Smith-Erichsen (Nordbyhagen, NO)
O73 Factors influenced treatment failure
09:30 in pneumococcal pneumonia with
bacteraemia
V. Huang, I. Pencu, S. Oprea, M. Zervos
(Atlanta, Royal Oak, Detroit, US)
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