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Meeting<br />
Hall I<br />
Integrated Symposia<br />
Scientific Programme Monday, May 3, 2004<br />
Rational antibiotic use: the future <strong>of</strong> lower<br />
respiratory tract infection (LRTI) treatment<br />
Chairpersons: Michael Niederman (Mineola, USA)<br />
Hartmut Lode (Berlin, D)<br />
S305 Welcome <strong>and</strong> opening remarks<br />
15:30 Michael Niederman (Mineola, USA)<br />
S305 New options for the treatment <strong>of</strong> hospitalised<br />
15:35 community-acquired pneumonia<br />
Michael Tamm (Basle, CH)<br />
S306 Differentiation <strong>of</strong> antibiotics for LRTIs<br />
16:00 Guy Amsden (Cooperstown, USA)<br />
S307 Antibiotic therapy for acute exacerbation <strong>of</strong><br />
16:25 chronic bronchitis<br />
Francesco Blasi (Milan, I)<br />
S308 <strong>Clinical</strong> relevance <strong>of</strong> in vitro antibiotic<br />
16:50 resistance<br />
Michael Niederman (Mineola, USA)<br />
17:15 Panel discussion<br />
17:25 Concluding remarks<br />
Hartmut Lode (Berlin, D)<br />
Club A<br />
Integrated symposium arranged by Pfizer<br />
Novel advances in antifungal therapy<br />
Chairpersons: Ben de Pauw (Nijmegen, NL)<br />
Raoul Herbrecht (Strasbourg, F)<br />
15:30 Welcome <strong>and</strong> introduction<br />
Ben de Pauw (Nijmegen, NL)<br />
S309 The relevance <strong>of</strong> pharmacokinetics in the<br />
15:40 treatment <strong>of</strong> fungal infections<br />
David Andes (Madison, USA)<br />
S310 Emerging epidemiology <strong>of</strong> fungal infections<br />
16:05 Francesco Menichetti (Pisa, I)<br />
S311 Anidulafungin: a new echinoc<strong>and</strong>in <strong>and</strong> its<br />
16:30 role in the management <strong>of</strong> invasive C<strong>and</strong>ida<br />
infections<br />
Peter Pappas (Birmingham, USA)<br />
S312 Contemporary therapy approaches for<br />
16:55 invasive aspergillosis<br />
Raoul Herbrecht (Strasbourg, F)<br />
17:20 Panel discussion<br />
Integrated symposium arranged by<br />
Vicuron Pharmaceuticals<br />
Meeting<br />
Hall V<br />
Diagnosis <strong>of</strong> tuberculosis <strong>and</strong> atypical<br />
pneumonia infections in an enlarged Europe:<br />
the need for fast <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ardised methods<br />
Chairpersons: Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes (Borstel, D)<br />
Saman Siddiqi (Baltimore, USA)<br />
S313 Modern laboratory diagnosis <strong>of</strong> tuberculosis<br />
15:30 infection, clinical disease <strong>and</strong> drug resistance<br />
in Europe <strong>and</strong> beyond<br />
Francis Drobniewski (London, UK)<br />
S314 Susceptibility testing <strong>of</strong> Mycobacterium<br />
16:00 tuberculosis against second line drugs:<br />
a practical approach<br />
Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes (Borstel, D)<br />
S315 Detection <strong>of</strong> Mycobacterium tuberculosis<br />
16:30 from clinical specimens using molecular<br />
methods: experiences from a reference<br />
laboratory with real-time str<strong>and</strong> displacement<br />
amplification (SDA)<br />
Massimo Clementi (Milan, I)<br />
S316 Diagnosis <strong>of</strong> atypical pneumonia: the role <strong>of</strong><br />
17:00 NAATs <strong>and</strong> performance <strong>of</strong> a new assay using<br />
SDA technology<br />
Berndt Claesson (Skövde, S)<br />
Integrated symposium arranged by BD<br />
www.escmid.org/eccmid2004 page 55
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