14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious ...

Scientific Programme Sunday, May 2, 2004
O94 Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in family
14:24 units
M.V. Boost, M.M. O'Donoghue, F.P. Choy, C. Lo
(Kowloon, HK)
O95 A group of related EMRSA15 isolates carrying
14:36 the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene
G.F.S. Edwards, D. Morrison, K. Girvan,
B. Cosgrove, C. Gemmell (Glasgow, UK)
O96 Increased community-onset MRSA disease
14:48 prevalence due to MRSA clones colonising
the nares of healthy individuals in the
community
B.A. Diep, H. Carleton, E. Pan, G. Sensabaugh,
F. Perdreau-Remington
(Berkeley, San Francisco, USA)
Chamber
Hall
Non-molecular diagnostic methods
Chairpersons: Wolfgang Graninger (Vienna, A)
Dagmar Prusova (Sternberk, CZ)
O97 External quality assessment for microbiology –
14:00 participant performance with anaerobes
C. Walton (London, UK)
O98 Microbial approach in diagnosis of infection in
14:12 orthopaedic implants
E. Bebrova, J. Pilnacek (Kladno, CZ)
O99 Rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis: identification
14:24 and use of a 25 amino-acid peptide (PP( R))
from the haemolysin-associated protein Hap1
C. Branger, B. Chatrenet, F. Aviat, I. Suard,
A. Aubert, G. André-Fontaine (Nantes, Nice, F)
O100 ELISA-based rapid diagnosis of Rift Valley fever
14:36 J.T. Paweska, R. Swanepoel (Sandringham, ZA)
O101 A study to assess the efficacy of a
14:48 MALDI-TOF-MS database for the rapid
identification of Bacillus isolates
C.J. Keys, H.N. Shah, K. Grant, D.J. Dare,
M. Lunt, M.A. McDowall (London, Manchester, UK)
Conference
Hall
Pathogenesis of infection
Chairpersons: Jiri Benes (Prague, CZ)
Philippe Moreillon (Lausanne, CH)
O102 Participation of gut commensal bacteria and
14:00 mucosal immunity in pathogenesis of
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD):
gnotobiotic models of human disease
H. Tlaskalová-Hogenová, R. Stepankova,
H. Kozakova, L. Tuckova, D. Sokol, B. Cukrowska,
T. Hudcovic, Z. Rehakova, T. Hrncir, P. Heczko,
M. Strus, H. Uhlig, F. Powrie, P. Bland (Prague,
CZ; Warsaw, Krakow, PL; Oxford, Bristol, UK)
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O103 Identification and disruption of opuB, a novel
14:12 bile tolerance locus linked to the virulence
potential of Listeria monocytogenes
R. Sleator, C. Hill (Cork, IRL)
O104 The impact of mechanical ventilation on
14:24 the treatment with moxifloxacin (MXF) in
an animal model of pneumonia caused
by Streptococcus pneumoniae
P. Charles, D. Croisier, M. Etienne, C. Lequeu,
L. Piroth, H. Portier, P. Chavanet (Dijon, F)
O105 The cylA/B genes of the Streptococcus
14:36 agalactiae hemolysin genecluster encode
a multidrug resistance ABC transporter
B. Gottschalk, G. Bröker, M. Kuhn, S. Martin,
B. Spellerberg (Ulm, Aachen, D)
O106 Resorbable hydrogel polymer as an
14:48 antimicrobial delivery system in the
treatment of Staphylococcus aureus
experimental osteomyelitis
M. Rouse, D. Velasquez, S. Bernatchez,
J. Steckelberg, R. Patel (Rochester, St. Paul, USA)
Meeting
Hall I
Official Symposia
Pan-european infectious disease surveillance:
do we get the needed information for public
health action?
Chairpersons: Ronald Haigh (Luxembourg, LUX)
Matthias Frosch (Wurzburg, D)
S107 Perspectives for a European CDC
15:30 Ronald Haigh (Luxembourg, LUX)
S108 Early warning of influenza epidemics:
16:00 the EISS network
William John Paget (Utrecht, NL)
S109 The EU-MEN-Net: understanding the
16:30 changing patterns of meningococcal disease
Matthias Frosch (Wurzburg, D)
S110 EWGLI-NET: towards Legionella-free
17:00 travel in Europe
Carol Joseph (London, UK)