Final Programme
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Symposia<br />
Scientific <strong>Programme</strong> Sunday, April 2, 2006<br />
Apollon The year in infectious diseases medicine<br />
14:00–<br />
15:00 Chairperson: Roger Finch (Nottingham, UK)<br />
S103 The year in infectious diseases medicine (1)<br />
14:00 Susanna Esposito (Milan, IT)<br />
S104 The year in infectious diseases medicine (2)<br />
14:30 Patrick Francioli (Lausanne, CH)<br />
Athena Is microbiological work-up in community-<br />
14:00– acquired pneumonia still useful?<br />
15:00 Chairpersons: Tobias Welte (Hannover, DE)<br />
Mark Woodhead (Manchester, UK)<br />
S105 Pro<br />
14:00 Margareta Ieven (Antwerp, BE)<br />
S106 Contra<br />
14:30 Johan Van Eldere (Leuven, BE)<br />
Méditerranée 1 The hyper-virulent strain of Clostridium<br />
14:00– difficile: sharing experiences in Europe and<br />
15:00 North America<br />
Chairpersons: Ian R. Poxton (Edinburgh, UK)<br />
Clifford McDonald (Atlanta, US)<br />
S107 Spread of the new variant 027 of Clostridium<br />
14:00 difficile in the Netherlands and Europe<br />
Ed J. Kuijper (Leiden, NL)<br />
S108 Clostridium difficile-associated disease:<br />
14:30 a growing threat to U.S. public health<br />
Clifford McDonald (Atlanta, US)<br />
Symposium arranged with the ESCMID<br />
Study Group on Clostridium difficile (ESGCD)<br />
Hermes Blood-borne viruses in health care facilities –<br />
14:00– the silent enemy?<br />
15:00 Chairpersons: Catherine Cordonnier (Paris, FR)<br />
Winfried Kern (Freiburg, DE)<br />
S109 An overview of transmission of BBV in<br />
14:00 healthcare facilities<br />
Shaheen Mehtar (Cape Town, ZA)<br />
S110 Transmissions of hepatitis B, C and HIV<br />
14:30 associated with healthcare in Europe<br />
Jean-Claude Desenclos (Saint-Maurice, FR)<br />
Clio Viral congenital paediatric diseases<br />
14:00–<br />
15:00 Chairpersons: Babill Stray-Pedersen (Oslo, NO)<br />
Vas Novelli (London, UK)<br />
S111 Congenital CMV infection:<br />
14:00 current controversies<br />
Sergio Stagno (Birmingham, US)<br />
S112 Congenital varicella syndrome and perinatal<br />
14:30 varicella: epidemiology and management<br />
Vas Novelli (London, UK)<br />
Erato Brucellosis<br />
14:00–<br />
15:00 Chairpersons: Emilio Bouza (Madrid, ES)<br />
Georgios Pappas (Ioannina, GR)<br />
S113 Molecular methods in the diagnosis of human<br />
14:00 brucellosis<br />
Javier Solera (Albacete, ES)<br />
S114 What’s new in the treatment of human<br />
14:30 brucellosis<br />
Georgios Pappas (Ioannina, GR)<br />
Oral Sessions<br />
Méditerranée 2 Dissemination of molecular resistance traits<br />
14:00–<br />
15:00 Chairpersons: Roxana Filip (Suceava, RO)<br />
Kevin Towner (Nottingham, UK)<br />
O115 Comparative genomic analysis of community-<br />
14:00 acquired ST80-SCCmec IV Staphylococcus<br />
aureus isolates by high-density microarray<br />
R.V. Goering, A.R. Larsen, R. Skov, F.C. Tenover,<br />
K. Anderson, P.M. Dunman<br />
(Omaha, US; Copenhagen, DK; Atlanta, US)<br />
O116 Presence of PVL among erythromycin-<br />
14:12 and methicillin-resistant community-acquired<br />
Staphylococcus aureus isolated from children<br />
in Texas from 1999 to 2002<br />
N. Aydin, T. Bogdanovich, S. Chavez-Bueno,<br />
G. McCracken, B. Bozdogan, P.C. Appelbaum<br />
(Aydin, TR; Hershey, Dallas, US)<br />
O117 Identity of macrolide-resistant clones<br />
14:24 of Streptococcus pyogenes in Portugal<br />
supports Europe-wide dissemination of a<br />
few lineages<br />
C. Silva-Costa, M. Ramirez, J. Melo-Cristino<br />
(Lisbon, PT)<br />
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