BVIKM - 30th symposium

30th symposium

UPDATE IN ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPIES

A new edition of the Belgian version of the Sanfordguide. [Dirk VOGELAERS (UZ Gent, Ghent)]
Prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis revisited. [Catherine LEPORT (Université Paris Descartes et Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France)]
Antifungals in invasive fungal infections: antifungals in neutropenic patients. [Johan MAERTENS (UZ Leuven, Leuven)]
Antifungals: a different approach in other populations? [Eric VAN WIJNGAERDEN (UZ Leuven, Leuven)]
New developments in anti-Gram-positive treatment. [Françoise VAN BAMBEKE (UCL, Brussels)]
Resistance in sexually transmitted infections. [Eric FLORENCE (ITG, Antwerp)]
Acute exacerbation of COPD: role of infection and antimicrobial therapy. [Walter VINCKEN (UZ Brussel, Brussels)]
EUCAST follow-up. What's new? What will happen in 2009? [Pierrette MELIN (CHU Liège, Liège)]
Accreditation of infectiology in a European perspective. [Dirk VOGELAERS (UZ Gent, Ghent)]
Accreditation of medical microbiology in a European perspective. [Koen MAGERMAN (Virga Jesseziekenhuis, Hasselt)]
Flash info IDSA/ICAAC: microbiology and new drugs. [Johan VAN ELDERE (UZ Leuven, Leuven)]
Flash info IDSA/ICAAC: infectiology. [Yves VAN LAETHEM (UMC Sint-Pieter - CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels)]
Oral presentation of selected posters.
- SCV phenotype and reduced intracellular activity of antibiotics: a cause of persistant staphylococcal infection? [HA NGUYEN (UCL, Brussels)]
- Epidemiological survey of susceptibility to beta-lactams, macrolides and fluoroquinolones in a Belgian collection of Streptococcus pneumoniae isola- ted from patients with CAP. [Anne LISMOND (UCL, Brussels)]
- Evaluation of antibiotic dosages in patients with a reduced kidney function. [Franky BUYLE (UZ Gent, Ghent)]