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| 2005-2006 Top Ten Papers in Hospital Epidemiology ... |
-Provide a critical review of recently published p... |
Robert Weinstein, Andreas Voss |
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| A Homesteader's Guide to Intracellular Parasitism |
Discuss the strategies employed by intracellular ... |
David Russell, Ralph Isberg, Jorge Galan... |
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| ABCs of Pediatric Antibiotic Therapy in the Commun... |
To review the updated antibiotic treatment of the... |
Alejandro Hoberman, Shai Ashkenazi, Coli... |
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| Acute HIV Infection |
-To integrate knowledge of the pathogenesis of acu... |
Deenan Pillay, Susan Little, Roundtable ... |
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| Addressing the Challenge of Multidrug-Resistant Gr... |
Describe the treatments currently used for infect... |
George Eliopoulos, George Talbot, Louis ... |
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| All New Antimicrobial Agents |
Review and discuss poster presentation that deal w... |
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| Alternative Strategies for MRSA |
The difficulties most hospitals have encountered i... |
Alex van Belkum, Ian Gould, William Summ... |
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| Antibacterial Tissue Penetration |
-Discuss advantages and disadvantages of different... |
Heino Stass, David Nicolau, Andrew Lover... |
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| Antibiotic Management and Control Strategies |
-Compare and Contrast your experience with antibio... |
Sara Cosgrove, Neil Fishman |
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| Antibiotic Resistance in Animals |
1. Identify the ecological aspects related to the ... |
Rosa del Campo, Megan Menard, Robyn Stod... |
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| Antifungal Susceptibility Testing: Practical Issue... |
Upon completion of this session, participants shou... |
Barbara Alexander, Beth Arthington-Skagg... |
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| Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 2006 |
Review current Clinical and Laboratory Standards ... |
Angeline Bartholomeusz, Kimiko Ubukata, ... |
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| Approach to Opportunistic Fungal Infections in Sol... |
To compare recent studies in solid organ transpla... |
Jose Montoya, Jay Fishman |
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| Appropriately Managing Diabetic Foot Infections |
Review new and controversial issues related to the... |
Adolf Karchmer, Benjamin Lipsky |
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| Appropriately Managing Victims of Sexual Assault |
Review important social and epidemiological issues... |
David Templeton, Rosanna Peeling |
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| Are CTX-M ESBLs the Predominant B-Lactamases World... |
Upon completion of this Slide Session, participant... |
Patrice Nordmann, Gian Maria Rossolini, ... |
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| Are Hospitals Ready for Bird Flu and the Next Flu ... |
To summarize the epidemiology of influenza infect... |
Malik Peiris, Wing Hong Seto, Benjamin S... |
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| Beta-Lactamases: Structure Meets Function in the N... |
- To provide an update on novel structures in the ... |
Marion Helfand, Alejandro Vila, Gian Mar... |
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| C. difficile: Clusters and Control |
- To review the epidemiology of rapidly spreading ... |
Patricia Muñoz, NORBERT VAESSEN, MONICA ... |
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| Clinical Microbiology Case History Mysteries |
Applying their knowledge of clinical presentations... |
Susan Poutanen, Gary Lum, Ellen Baron, N... |
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| Clinical Mycology |
- To identify epidemiology at risk factors for eme... |
T KOH, Tihana Bicanic, Douglas Chang, Al... |
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| Clinical Utility of Fungal Laboratory Diagnostics |
1. Recognize utility of recent diagnostic advances... |
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Johan Maertens, ... |
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| Community-Acquired Infections |
- To review new treatment issues related to common... |
Shurjeel Choudhri, Günter Weiß, Stephen ... |
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| Confronting Pandemic Flu: Evidence Based Intervent... |
To appreciate the pandemic potential of avian inf... |
Arnold Monto, David Bell, Frederick Hayd... |
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| Conjugate Vaccines as Syndromic Vaccines |
1. To identify the impact of conjugate pneumococca... |
Ron Dagan, Lisa Jackson, Cynthia Whitney... |
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| Constructing and Deconstructing Pathogens by Movin... |
To highlight the plasticity and evolution of micr... |
Claude-Alain Roten, Teruyo Ito, Harald B... |
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| Contribution of Biofilms in Infectious Disease |
Evaluate and analyze new information about how bac... |
Samuel Miller, E Greenberg, Eric Olson |
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| Controversies in Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP... |
Review new and controversial issues related to com... |
Angela Caliendo, Thomas Marrie, Michael ... |
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| Cost of Infections and Cost-Effectiveness of Infec... |
1. Describe the costs of infection in economic and... |
Nicholas Graves, Robert Sherertz, Craig ... |
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| Current Issues and Controversies in HIV Infection ... |
Design antiretroviral treatment regimens that con... |
Mauro Schechter, Graeme Moyle, Roundtabl... |
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| Demystifying Molecular Diagnostics |
Successful application of molecular diagnostics fo... |
Frederick Nolte, David Hillyard, Hubert ... |
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| EBV PTLD in Transplant Patients: An Old Virus Up t... |
- To describe the patient populations at risk for ... |
Per Ljungman, Jutta Preiksaitis, Dorothy... |
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| Emerging Concepts in Cellular Immunity |
Update on the current state of knowledge about me... |
Mitchell Kronenberg, Michael Bevan |
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| Emerging Mechanisms of Resistance in Streptococci |
-Describe the range of antimicrobial resistance me... |
Maria MONTANARI, Herman Goossens, Antoni... |
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| Emerging Viral Infections in Transplant Recipients |
List and describe the viruses of concern to transp... |
Atul Humar, Hans Hirsch, Y Kwong, Thomas... |
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| ESBLs: A Global Perspective |
Rising importance of community acquired ESBLs Crit... |
Anthony Harris, David Paterson, Johann P... |
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| Experiences with Community MRSA (C-MRSA) in Hospit... |
To summarize the epidemiology of C-MRSA and revie... |
Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Patrice ... |
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| Experimental Mycology |
- To review mechanisms of host resistance to funga... |
Brahm Segal, Ashraf Ibrahim, Monique Men... |
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| Focus on Clostridium difficile 2006 |
1. Discuss novel strategies to prevent antibiotic-... |
Emilio Bouza, Curtis Donskey, Jacques Pe... |
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| From the Laboratory |
- To recognize susceptibility trends for yeasts A ... |
John Cleary, Lawrence Wheat, Deanna Sutt... |
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| Fungal Epidemiology: A Global Perspective |
1. Identify changing risk factors for invasive fun... |
Michael Pfaller, Maiken Arendrup, Peter ... |
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| Fungal Infections in Cancer Patients |
Identify risk factors for fungal infections in pa... |
Ben de Pauw, Jo-Anne Van Burik |
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| Fungal Infections in Non-Neutropenic Patients with... |
Identify risk factors for fungal infections in no... |
Vicki Morrison, Oliver Cornely |
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| Fungal Infections in the Central Nervous System |
1. Identify risk factors for cerebral invasive fun... |
David Andes, Stefan Schwartz, Thomas Har... |
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| Fungal Urinary Infection: A Case-Based Review |
address current understanding and management of fu... |
Jack Sobel, Carol Kauffman |
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| Global Emergence of MDR Acinetobacter baumannii |
-Discuss the worldside dissemination of resistance... |
Hal Jones, Pablo Bonvehi, Pierre Bogaert... |
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| Glycopeptide Revisited: Pharmacokinetic and Pharma... |
To explore the present knowledge of glycopeptide p... |
Francoise Van Bambeke, Niels Frimodt-Møl... |
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| H5N1 Influenza: Evolution and Options for Control |
-null- ICAAC06-0165 |
Robert Webster |
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| Hand Hygiene: International Action |
- To describe the epidemiology of compliance with ... |
Michael Grayson, Bertrand Souweine, Reij... |
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| Herpes Viruses and Viral Infections of Transplant ... |
-To evaluate mechanisms for immune control of CMV ... |
Hans Hirsch, Michael Boeckh, Joan Gavald... |
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| HIV Prevention and Immune Therapeutic Approaches |
Describe the clinical approach to HIV vaccine tri... |
Susan Buchbinder, Jay Levy, Myron Cohen,... |
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| HIV: Clinical Trial, Coinfection and Toxicity |
- To discuss the results of recent antiretroviral ... |
Denise Sutherland-Phillips, Princy Kumar... |
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| HIV: Management of Immune Response Inflammatory Sy... |
-To integrate knowledge of immune response inflamm... |
Jay Dobkin, Mark Jacobson |
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| HIV: Management of Pediatric and Adolescent HIV In... |
-To asses the challenges presented by HIV infectio... |
Gareth Tudor-Williams, Natalie Neu |
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| HIV: Mechanisms of Resistance - New Antiretroviral... |
- To understand mechanisms of resistance to antire... |
John Ly, Laura Waters, Philippe Colucci,... |
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| HIV: Post Exposure Prophylaxis |
-To appraise the state-of-the art of HIV post-expo... |
Harold Kessler, Michelle Roland |
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| HIV: What's New in Drug Resistance |
-To identify mechanisms of HIV drug resistance -To... |
Charles A. B. Boucher, Daniel Kuritzkes |
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| Host Pathogen Interactions During Gram Positive In... |
- To describe new insights in response to gram pos... |
Paul Majcherczyk, M. STRYJEWSKI, Victor ... |
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| How Do Pathogens Persist? |
Upon completion of this Focus Session, participant... |
Vojo Deretic, Christopher Walker, Thomas... |
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| How Useful is Therapeutic Drug Monitoring? |
-Discuss infections and historically therapeutic d... |
David Burger, Alexander Vinks |
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| ICAAC Infectious Diseases 101 for Fellows |
Identify recent issues in antimicrobial resistanc... |
William Bishai, Wesley van Voorhis, Scot... |
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| Immunologic Surgery: Complications of Antibody The... |
-Recognize the specific immune defects induced by ... |
Steven Holland, Lindsey Robert Baden, Ga... |
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| Infections, Learning from Natural Disasters: Tsuna... |
List the most common infectious complications fol... |
Michele Pearson, Ilker Uckay |
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| Inside Out or Outside In |
To describe the pathogenesis and characteristics ... |
Issam Raad, Donald Goldmann, Hajo Grundm... |
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| Literature Review 2006 |
Review the past year’s most noteworthy publicatio... |
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| Meet the Clinical Microbiologist |
Review new developments in the clinical microbiol... |
Joseph Yao, Gary Procop |
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| Molecular Diagnosis of Slow/Difficult to Grow Bact... |
Assess what laboratorians and clinicians should k... |
Jill Clarridge, Edward Desmond, Nancy We... |
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| More Difficult Questions for the Infectious Diseas... |
Identify difficult clinical cases in need of new ... |
Bart-Jan Kullberg, Marcio Nucci, Thomas ... |
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| New Drugs for Treatment of Gram-Positive Pathogens |
Assess the state-of-the-art diagnostic modalities... |
Arnold Bayer, Vance Fowler |
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| New Surprises for Quinolone Resistance |
- To explain the role of new mechanisms by protect... |
Jose-Manuel Rodriguez-Martinez, Hyun-Hee... |
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| Pediatric Fungal Infections |
Identify risk factors for fungal infections in pe... |
William Steinbach, Claudio Viscoli |
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| Pediatric Infections |
- To review new developments in antifungal therapy... |
Jerome Lindeboom, Michael Jacobs, Kather... |
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| Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance |
Participants will assess how protein interactions... |
David Hooper, John Blanchard, Patrice No... |
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| Preventing Central Venous Catheter Infections: Fan... |
-List evidence-based strategies for prevention of ... |
Rabih Darouiche, Carlene Muto |
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| Prophylaxis and Empirical Therapy in Cancer Patien... |
-to discuss the pro's and con's of fluoroquinolone... |
Kieren Marr, Ben de Pauw, Francesco Meni... |
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| Public Reporting of Health Care Associated Infecti... |
-Describe limitations of public reporting systems ... |
Alison Holmes, Patrick Brennan |
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| Rapid Diagnostic Studies in Pediatrics |
- To review new rapid diagnostic studies for viral... |
Peter Gerner-Smidt, Richard Hodinka, Jim... |
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| Recent Developments in HIV Disease Management |
- Understand the growing importance of genomics in... |
Amalio Telenti, Ronald Mitsuyasu, Christ... |
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| Regulation of Resistance to B-Lactams |
-Evaluate factors affecting methicillin resistance... |
Amy Tayler, Denis Petitclerc, Qixun Zhao... |
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| Resistance in Staphylococci |
- To define virulence facators of CA-MRSA - To ide... |
Donna Hacek, Henry Fraimow, Maria Miraga... |
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| Respiratory and Mycobacterial Infections |
- Correlate the predition of pneumonia severity an... |
Shurjeel Choudhri, Robert Gelber, M.D., ... |
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| Respiratory Viruses |
-To discuss the clinical impact of motor pneumovir... |
SOLEN KERNEIS, Guy Boivin, Fabrice Carra... |
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| Reversing Antimicrobial Resistance: Population Bio... |
Identify situations where improved diagnostics an... |
Thomas O'Brien, Miguel Quinones-Mateu, B... |
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| sanofi-aventis U.S. Award Lecture |
-null- ICAAC06-0130 |
Jan Balzarini |
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| Should Pharmacodynamics Become an Integral Part of... |
Discuss the types of pharmacodynamic data and anal... |
Charles Bonapace, Alasdair MacGowan, Den... |
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| Surgical Site Infection: Prophylaxis, Prevention a... |
- To describe prevention therapies useful in preve... |
Diana VILAR-COMPTE, I ALVAREZ DE ITURBE,... |
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| Surgical Site Infections: Implementation of QI Pro... |
-List the processmeasures included in the Surgical... |
E. Patchen Dellinger, Dale Bratzler |
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| The Clinical Use of New Drugs for Gram-Positive In... |
1. Discuss the clinical trials data pertaining to ... |
Vance Fowler, Dennis Stevens, Gordon Arc... |
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| The Crisis in Gram Positive and Gram Negative Resi... |
- To discuss the future of AIDS research and how t... |
Anthony Fauci, Frank Lowy, Louis Rice |
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| The Genomics Era and How it has Transformed Microb... |
-null- ICAAC06-0177 |
David Relman, Rino Rappuoli, Peter Small... |
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| The Global Patient Safety Challenge: A WHO Priorit... |
-Estimate the global burden of healthcare-associat... |
Benedetta Allegranzi, Didier Pittet |
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| The Many Faces of Staphyloccus aureus |
- To describe strategies for prevention and contro... |
ANNE CHARLOTTE TELLIER, LAURENCE ARMAND-... |
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| The Many Faces of Urinary Infection |
Discuss characteristics of E. coli which make it ... |
Jack Sobel, James Johnson, Ajit Limaye, ... |
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| Therapy for Bioterrorism Agents |
- To expand knowledge of therapies for BT agents -... |
Tonyia Eaves-Pyles, V Strout, Kedar GC, ... |
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| Tissue Penetration of Antibacterials: Essential Kn... |
-Describe and contrast methods for measuring total... |
Hartmut Derendorf, Keith Rodvold, George... |
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| Top Ten Papers in Mycology |
Compare recent studies in clinical mycology Asse... |
Helen Boucher, John Bennett |
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| Travel Medicine |
Discuss the latest advances in travel medicine; Ex... |
Jay Keystone, Elaine Jong |
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| Update on Infections Associated with Prematurity |
Identify the microorganisms involved in chorioamn... |
David Eschenbach, Emmet Hirsch, Sharon H... |
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| Vaccination for Sexually Transmitted Infections |
discuss barriers to vaccine development for STI’s... |
Denise Galloway, Lawrence Stanberry, Jir... |
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| Vaccines |
- To review the achievments and understand new cha... |
Robert COHEN, Raúl Velázquez, Markus Knu... |
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| Vaccines: New Insights |
To understand the role of innate immunity in vacc... |
David Goldblatt, Carol Baker, Harry Gree... |
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| Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Current Status i... |
Define the link between the environment, animal r... |
Rob Willems, Roland Leclercq, Mary Hayde... |
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| What the ID Specialist Should Know about Opportuni... |
Recognize clinical syndromes of fungal pneumonia ... |
David Denning, John Perfect, Kieren Marr... |
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| What's New in Onychomycosis and Superficial Mycose... |
Assess important findings in the recent epidemiol... |
Mahmoud Ghannoum, Ricardo Negroni |
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| Zero Tolerance in Hospital Infections: At What Cos... |
Apply established evidence using safety and chang... |
Jean-Yves Fagon, Peter Pronovost |
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