17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases

<strong>17th</strong> INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Scientific Program ~ Friday, March 4, 2016
FRIDAY • March 4, 2016
Session 18
Symposium
Childhood Vaccinations:
The Old and the New
Co-Chairs: Vijay Yewale, India
Anita Shet, India
CME
Room: Hall 5 10:15–12:15
Ground Floor Friday, March 4, 2016
18.001 Polio eradication: End game and beyond
T. J. John
Vellore (India)
18.002 Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib)
vaccines: A looming success. Lessons
learned from the Hib initiative
R. Hajjeh
Atlanta, GA (USA)
18.003 Pneumoccocal conjugate vaccines
S. K. Saha
Dhaka (Bangladesh)
18.004 Prevention of enteric infections: Spotlight on
Asia
G. Kang
Vellore (India)
In collaboration with the Indian Academy
of Pediatrics
Session 19
Integrated Symposium
Managing the Most Problematic
Gram-Negative Bacterial
Infections
Co-Chairs: Matteo Bassetti, Italy
Venkatsubramanian Ramasubramanian,
India
Room: Hall 6 10:15–12:15
Ground Floor Friday, March 4, 2016
19.001 Antibiotic use and global trends of
gram-negative resistance
C. Rodrigues
Mumbai (India)
19.002 Risk stratification: Identifying the
right patient for the right treatment
M. Bassetti
Udine (Italy)
19.003 Strategic options for management of severe
gram-negative infections
A. Shorr
Washington, DC (USA)
19.004 The role of antimicrobial stewardship
in developing strategies for appropriate
therapy
G. H. Karam
New Orleans, LA (USA)
Sponsored by MSD
Session 20
Symposium
Melioidosis: A South Asian Disease
Emerging Globally
Co-Chairs: Enoka Corea, Sri Lanka
Ivo Steinmetz, Germany
CME
Room: G.01–03 10:15–12:15
Ground Floor Friday, March 4, 2016
20.001 Melioidosis endemicity in India
C. Mukhopadhyay
Manipal (India)
20.002 Predicted distribution of B. pseudomallei
and burden of melioidosis in South Asia and
worldwide
D. Limmathurotsakul
Bangkok (Thailand)
20.003 Why is melioidosis difficult to treat?
Insights into pathogenesis
J. Wiersinga
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
20.004 Challenges in diagnosis and management of
melioidosis
D. A. B. Dance
Vientiane (People’s Democratic Republic
of Lao)
Member proposed Symposium
Session 21
Oral Presentations
HIV & Tuberculosis
Co-Chairs: Leo Liu, USA
Rama Rao Amara, USA
CME
Room: G.05–06 10:15–12:15
Ground Floor Friday, March 4, 2016
21.001 Pattern of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations
among patients failing thymidine analogue
and non-thymidine analogue based first-line
failure in South India
S. Sivamalar, T. R. Dinesha, S. Gomathi,
J. Boobalan, A. Pradeep, S. Poongulali,
S. S. Solomon, S. Solomon, P. Balakrishnan,
S. Saravanan
Chennai (India)
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