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| 2006-2007 Top Ten Papers in Hospital Epidemiology ... |
Upon completion of this Meet-the-Experts Session, ... |
Robert Weinstein, Andreas Voss |
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| Advances in Bone and Joint Infections |
-Describe the pathogenesis of osteomyelitis; -Asse... |
Vance Fowler, Mark Smeltzer, VICTOR ASEN... |
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| Advances in Treatment and Pathogenesis of Mycobact... |
-Review pathogenic mechanisms of mycobacterial inf... |
Luiz Bermudez, Vincent Jarlier, Nicolas ... |
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| All New Antimicrobial Agents |
The conveners of this session review poster presen... |
Harald Labischinski, Karen Bush |
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| Animals as Reservoirs for Nosocomial Infections: I... |
• Discuss the public health importance of animals ... |
Michele Pearson, Andreas Voss, Brandi Li... |
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| Antibiotics for Acute Pancreatitis |
- To review the epidemiology of acute pancreatitis... |
Philippe Eggimann, John Marshall |
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| Antifungal Resistance |
• Understand key issues in antifungal susceptibili... |
David Denning, Jack Sobel, Paul Verweij,... |
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| Antimicrobial Defenses in the Lungs |
• Describe the antimicrobial roles of collectins, ... |
Shawn Skerrett, Theodore Standiford, Jos... |
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| Antimicrobial Resistance in Enteric Pathogens: Cli... |
- Measure the current situation on the antimicrobi... |
Patrick McDermott, Tom Chiller, Frederic... |
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| Antimicrobial Stewardship: What Works? |
ICAAC07-0213 |
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| Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 2007 |
• Review current Clinical and Laboratory Standards... |
Joseph Yao, Fred Tenover, Jon Friedland,... |
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| Approach to Opportunistic Fungal Infections in Tra... |
Recognize clinical presentations of invasive mycos... |
Oliver Cornely, Andrew Ullmann |
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| Are Daycare Centers a Safer Place in the Era of Ne... |
• Provide update information on recently introduce... |
Larry Pickering, Robert Cohen, Janet Eng... |
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| Bacterial Infections: Pathogenic Mechanisms and In... |
-Provide an update on inflammatory pathways; -Asse... |
Philippe Moreillon, Shigeru Kohno, Paul ... |
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| Best Practices in Clinical Microbiology: Enteric P... |
The purpose of this session is to describe the cur... |
Karen Carroll, Roberta Carey, Marion Koo... |
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| Beta-Lactamase Structure, Function and Genetics |
-Assess the structural basis of beta-lactmase acti... |
Robert Bonomo, Timothy Palzkill, Laurent... |
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| Building a Better Mousetrap for MDR Pathogens: Usi... |
• Describe situations where continuous infusion or... |
Paul Ambrose, David Nicolau, Robert Finb... |
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| Can We Reinvent the Polymyxins? |
• Identify appropriate clinical situations where t... |
Roger Nation, Elizabeth Hermsen, Robert ... |
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| Candidiasis in the ICU: Prophylaxe or Not? |
Identify invasive fungal infections in need of new... |
Thierry Calandra, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner |
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| Carbapenem and Polymyxin Resistant Acinetobacter: ... |
-Demonstrate knowledge on the current situation ab... |
Laurent Poirel, Robert Bonomo, Jordi Vil... |
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| Case Presentations in Clinical Microbiology |
This session will be devoted to the interactive pr... |
Nancy Cornish, Susan Poutanen, Matthew B... |
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| Challenging HIV Drug Resistance Cases |
Discuss approaches to challenging HIV drug-resista... |
Eric Daar, C. Bradley Hare |
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| Chloroquine-Resistant Malaria: Genetic Origins and... |
ICAAC07-0127 |
Thomas Wellems |
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| Chronic Infections: Tricky but Important |
Identify clinical features of chronic infections I... |
Ziad Memish, Jos Van der Meer, Gary Worm... |
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| Clinical and Laboratory Aspects of Viral Infection... |
ICAAC07-0206 |
Randall Hayden, Matthew Bankowski, Micha... |
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| Clinical Mycology |
Appropriately use new agents for treating invasive... |
Peter Pappas, Benjamin Park, Georgios Ch... |
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| Contemporary Therapeutic Drug Management: Integrat... |
Describe the rationale behind measuring antibiotic... |
David Burger, Alexander Vinks |
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| Controversies in Endocarditis |
To consider current understanding of difficult man... |
Philippe Moreillon, George Eliopoulos, J... |
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| Current Issues and Controversies in HIV Infection ... |
Design antiretroviral regimens for initial treatme... |
Paul Volberding, Amalio Telenti, Joseph ... |
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| Effectiveness of National and Multinational Initia... |
Upon completion of this Symposium Session, partici... |
Donald Goldmann, Jean-Louis Vincent, Dal... |
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| Emerging Carbapenemases: KPC Goes Global |
-Summarize the global epidemiology of KPC-producin... |
James Rahal, David Landman, Nancy Hanson... |
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| Emerging Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile-Ass... |
-Compare epidemiologic trends in CDAD among variou... |
Mark Wilcox, Katie Suda, Walter Zukowski... |
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| Emerging Infections |
ICAAC07-0046 |
Barbara Murray, James Hughes, Ann Powers... |
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| Endangered Targets for Drug Development Programs |
Upon completion of this Meet-the-Experts session, ... |
John Powers, Karen Bush, Gary Noel, John... |
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| Experimental Mycology |
Identify pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic prope... |
Bart-Jan Kullberg, William Hope, Maria S... |
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| Fetal and Maternal Diagnostics for Congenital and ... |
• Review state-of-the art microbiology diagnostics... |
Giuseppe Gerna, Jose Montoya, David Kimb... |
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| Friday Afternoon with the Hospital Epidemiologist:... |
Upon completion of this Interactive Session, parti... |
Erik Dubberke, Klara Posfay-Barbe, Mark ... |
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| From the Mycology Laboratory |
Recognize utility of recent diagnostic advances in... |
Paul Verweij, Thomas Patterson, David Pe... |
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| Fungal Diagnosis: New Directions |
Recognize utility of recent diagnostic advances in... |
Johan Maertens, Barbara Alexander |
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| Fungal Infections in Special Hosts |
Identify difficult clinical cases in need of new m... |
Peter Pappas, Olivier Lortholary, John P... |
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| Global Health and Infectious Diseases |
Identify the current challenges in improving globa... |
Tadataka Yamada, Anthony McMichael |
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| Global Health Crisis in Infectious Diseases: The P... |
Identify the Pharma and Private Public Partnership... |
Wesley van Voorhis, Solomon Nwaka, Lynn ... |
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| Herpes Viruses and Hepatitis |
-Interpret CMV replication data for decision makin... |
Michael Boeckh, Guy Boivin, Vincent Emer... |
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| HIV Pathogenesis |
The purpose of this symposium is to present state-... |
Marcus Altfeld, Vincent Piguet, Guido Si... |
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| HIV Prevention |
* Acquire any understanding of the science behind ... |
Scott Hammer, Melissa Robbiani, Robert G... |
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| HIV: New Agents and Approaches to Antiretroviral T... |
-Discuss the new antiretroviral agents and their p... |
Pedro Cahn, B. Grinsztejn, Andrew Zolopa... |
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| Human Clinical Trials Involving Pharmacokinetics/P... |
-Distinguish the relationship between drug concent... |
Jerome Schentag, George Drusano, Christo... |
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| ICAAC Infectious Diseases 101 |
Describe the current “state of the art” of current... |
Louis Rice, Marguerite Neill, Thomas Pat... |
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| ICAAC Lecture |
ICAAC07-0209 |
Didier Raoult |
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| Improving Our Vision of Ocular-Related Infections |
Cataract surgery is the most commonly re-imbursed ... |
Peter Gilligan, Craig Fowler, Regis Kowa... |
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| Infection Control Challenges in Long-Term Care |
• Discuss the clinical and economic impact of infe... |
Ebbing Lautenbach, Andrew Simor, Suzanne... |
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| Invasive Aspergillosis |
Recognize clinical presentations of invasive asper... |
Kieren Marr, Thomas Patterson |
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| Isolation Precautions: Effective Strategies for Im... |
- Review the basic principles of standard precauti... |
Hugo Sax, Wing Hong Seto |
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| Literature Review 2007 |
To review the past year’s most noteworthy publicat... |
Robin Patel, Amalio Telenti, Robert Bono... |
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| Management of Infectious Diseases Through Use of P... |
Probiotics are live microorganisms which, when adm... |
Carol Wells, Richard Walker, Sherwood Go... |
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| Mandatory Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infec... |
• Describe the limitations of current reporting sy... |
Alison Holmes, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Pe... |
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| MDR and XDR Mycobacterial Infections |
-Find a rapid approach to MDR and XDR TB infection... |
Ying Zhang, A.Willem Sturm, Isabel Portu... |
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| Measuring and Interpreting Antibiotic Consumption ... |
Describe the rationale behind measuring antibiotic... |
Dominique Monnet, Ron Polk |
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| Metabolic Complications of Antiretroviral Complica... |
Recognize the main metabolic complications associa... |
Pablo Tebas, Philip Tarr |
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| Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
The frequency of CA-MRSA infections in children an... |
Sheldon Kaplan, Clarence Creech |
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| Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Toxin Entry into... |
• Review advances in toxin entry into mammalian ce... |
John Murphy, Wayne Lencer, Mauricio Mont... |
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| MRSA and hVISA: Therapeutic Challenges and Consequ... |
-Approach risk factors, clinical correlates and ou... |
Stephan Harbarth, Mark Loeb, Andrew Pear... |
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| MRSA Screening of High-Risk Populations and Health... |
Upon completion of this Interactive Session, parti... |
Andreas Voss, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Joh... |
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| Multiple Mode of Action Antibiotics: The Quinolone... |
Attendees will get an in depth overview of current... |
Hans-Georg Sahl, Simon Lynch, Rudolf The... |
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| New Aspects of Important Clinical Infections |
-Review new aspects of managing serious infections... |
Jonathan Cohen, Damon Eisen, David Riede... |
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| New Developments in Respiratory Tract Infections |
-Review new clinical and diagnostic aspects associ... |
Andy Hoepelman, Allison McGeer, Stephani... |
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| New Epidemiology and Treatment Issues Related to M... |
Identify recent clinical, therapeutic and laborato... |
Paul Johnson, Diana Lockwood, Jeffrey St... |
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| New Guidelines for Fungal Infections |
• Identify invasive fungal infections in need of n... |
Bart-Jan Kullberg, Carol Kauffman, Thoma... |
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| New Immunomodulators and Risk of Fungal Infection |
Understand the use of new immunomodulators and the... |
Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, Jo-Anne van Buri... |
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| New Issues Related to MRSA: What Every Clinician N... |
Review of recent clinical, therapeutic and laborat... |
Roundtable Discussion, M. Lindsay Grayso... |
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| New Vaccine Approaches |
• Outline the promise that adenoviral vectors have... |
Barney Graham, Robert Seder, Carol Tacke... |
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| New Viruses: Old Diseases? |
• Review the novel techniques available for pathog... |
Kenneth McIntosh, David Wang, Kate Ward,... |
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| Nosocomial Outbreaks: Global Perspectives |
-Describe approaches to investigating nosocomial o... |
Jurgen Orendi, Lourival MARSOLA, Tânia S... |
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| Novel Aspects of Mechanisms of Antibacterial Resis... |
• Review the structure and function of major efflu... |
Akihito Yamaguchi, Didier Mazel, Brian S... |
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| Parasitology Therapy |
• Describe the therapy of parasitic infections, th... |
Gary Weil, Nicholas White, Alan Magill, ... |
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| Pediatric Fungal Infections |
• Understand the changing epidemiology of pediatri... |
Thomas Walsh, William Steinbach, Theokli... |
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| Pediatric HIV Care |
-Asses the current state-of-the-art of pediatric H... |
Carlo Giaquinto, Natalie Neu |
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| PK/PD in Children: What Should the Pediatrician Kn... |
• Review the principles of Pk/Pd for antimicrobial... |
William Craig, Jeffrey Blumer, George Mc... |
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| Preventing VAP: What Really Works? |
Upon completion of this Symposium Session, partici... |
Pamela Lipsett, Marin Kollef, Richard Wu... |
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| Procalcitonin: A New Tool to Reduce Antibiotic Con... |
Explain the unique characteristics of procalcitoni... |
Beat Muller, Stephan Harbarth |
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| Progress in Understanding Resistance to Ribosome T... |
-Evaluate new mechanisms of resistance to protein ... |
Alexander Mankin, Roland Leclercq, Josep... |
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| Pros and Cons of Delayed Treatment for Acute Otiti... |
Review the risk and benefits of optional vs. immed... |
Ellen Wald, David Spiro |
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| Prosthetic Joint Infection: Diagnosis and Manageme... |
Discuss state-of-the art microbiology diagnostics ... |
Adolf Karchmer, Robin Patel |
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| Rapid Molecular Methods in the Diagnosis of Infect... |
ICAAC07-0054 |
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| Refugee Health: A Different World |
To identify the issues that arise in assessing inf... |
Ronan Murray, Timothy Sterling, John Bar... |
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| Respiratory Syncytial Virus: An Update |
• Describe the epidemiology of RSV infections; • D... |
Kathryn Edwards, Ruth Karron, Geoffrey W... |
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| Respiratory Viruses |
-Identify the clinical impact of new respiratory v... |
John DeVincenzo, Asuncion Mejias, Marie-... |
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| Role of Environmental Contamination and Disinfecti... |
Upon completion of this Symposium Session, partici... |
Lance Peterson, Mary Hayden, Philip Carl... |
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| Rub-a-Dub: New Waves of Hand Hygiene Success Stori... |
-Explain the epidemiology of hand hygiene at local... |
Walter Zingg, Victor Rosenthal, Yehuda C... |
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| Secretion Mechanisms of Bacteria Relevant to Virul... |
This session will focus on the role of bacterial e... |
Craig Rubens, Paul Sullam, Michael Capar... |
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| Serotype Replacement in the Pneumococcus and the E... |
Recognize the emergence of antibiotic resistance i... |
George McCracken, Jr., Bernard Beall, Th... |
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| Severe Sepsis: Pathogenesis and Treatment |
Microbes can cause severe sepsis in different ways... |
Robert Munford, Craig Rubens, Douglas Go... |
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| Surgical Site Infections: Still Much to Do and New... |
-Describe economic outcome from SSI; -Utilize anti... |
Oon Ng, Maristela Freire, Kevin Poe, Ell... |
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| The ABCs of Surgical Site Infection Prevention |
-Update knowldege about surgical site infection pr... |
E. Patchen Dellinger, Jan Kluytmans |
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| The Art and Science of Combining and Co-Administer... |
• Review the principles of combined vaccines; • Di... |
Ron Dagan, Karen Midthun, Heinz Schmitt,... |
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| The Beta-Lactamase Threat in Gram-Negative Bacteri... |
Identify the epidemiology of CTX-M and KPC beta-la... |
David Paterson, Patrice Nordmann, Rafael... |
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| The Future of Tuberculosis Treatment |
• Identify impediments to new drug development for... |
Ken Duncan, Barbara Laughon, Jacques Gro... |
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| The Impact of Pharmacodynamics on Antifungal Treat... |
Identify pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic prope... |
Johan Mouton, David Andes |
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| The Inflammasome and Other Advances in Immunity to... |
This symposium intends to teach the audience on a ... |
Denise Monack, Vojo Deretic, Jos Van der... |
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| Tissue-Directed Antimicrobial Therapy |
Identify different methods used in studies attempt... |
Paul Ambrose, Keith Rodvold, Alasdair Ma... |
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| Top Ten Papers in Beta-Lactamases |
To review 10 noteworthy papers which describe the ... |
Robert Bonomo, Karen Bush |
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| Top Ten Papers in Mycology |
Compare recent studies in clinical mycology; Asses... |
Helen Boucher, John Bennett |
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| Universal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing: Im... |
Discuss clinical implications of universal HIV tes... |
Bernard Branson, Melissa Miller |
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| Update in Genitourinary Infection |
Identify normal and abnormal vaginal flora; Discus... |
Lindsay Nicolle, Suzanne Garland, Betsy ... |
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| Update of Pneumococcal Vaccines |
-Apply knowledge of pneumococcal vaccines to their... |
Keith Klugman, Ron Dagan |
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| Updates in HIV Management |
• Provide an overview of new HIV drugs and treatme... |
David Thomas, Diane Havlir, Sharon Walms... |
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| Updates in Sexually-Transmitted Infections |
• Review new knowledge for selected STI’s; • Under... |
Jorgen Jensen, Charlotte Gaydos, Angelik... |
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| Vaccines against Invasive Fungal Infection |
• Identify invasive fungal infections in need of i... |
Mihai Netea, Brad Spellberg, Stuart Levi... |
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| Vaccines and Pediatric Infections |
-Provide new information on the effectiveness of p... |
Carl Spindler, Catherine Cordonnier, Flo... |
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| Vancomycin: Has the Time Come to Stick a Fork in I... |
Identify several factors that may adversely influe... |
John Rotschafer, Niels Frimodt-Møller, R... |
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| Viral Hepatitis: What's New? |
ICAAC07-0068 |
Kenneth Sherman, Per Ljungman, George La... |
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| Viral Pathogenesis |
• Assess the role of innate immune responses in vi... |
Malik Peiris, Michael Katze, Michael Gal... |
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| When the Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Paradigm ... |
Illustrate the importance of antibiotic blood conc... |
Marnie Peterson, Inga Odenholt, Axel Dal... |
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| Where will Future Antibiotics Come From: Sources f... |
Attendees will get an in depth overview of current... |
Karen Bush, Lynn Silver, Dieter Haebich,... |
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