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- Saturday, March 31, 2012
- Sunday, April 01, 2012
- Monday, April 02, 2012
- Tuesday, April 03, 2012
- Publication only
Credits will not be given (by ECCMID) for Poster session and Integrated Symposia.
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Capital Hall C
07:45 – 08:45
Meet-the-Expert
Diagnosis of fungal infections
09:00 – 11:00
Official Symposium
Emerging viral infections
- G. Palů (Padua, IT)
- D.W.G. Brown (London, GB)
11:30 – 12:30
Keynote Lecture
Are viruses the fourth domain of life?
- G. Antonelli (Rome, IT)
14:30 – 15:30
Keynote Lecture
Cryptococcosis - clinical advice on an emerging global …
Cryptococcosis - clinical advice on an emerging global concern
- C. Lass-Flörl (Innsbruck, AT)
16:00 – 18:00
Official Symposium
Vaccine and cell therapy approaches in HIV infection
- S. Huprikar (New York, US)
- G. Antonelli (Rome, IT)
Capital Hall D
09:00 – 11:00
Official Symposium
Automation of the bacteriology lab; what, when and why
- J. van Eldere (Leuven, BE)
- C. Oestergaard Andersen (Copenhagen, DK)
11:30 – 12:30
Keynote Lecture
Malaria diagnosis: cornerstone in combating malaria
- R. Behrens (London, GB)
14:30 – 15:30
Official Symposium
The year in infection control
- R.L. Skov (Copenhagen, DK)
16:00 – 18:00
Official Symposium
Risk factors for HAI: how many are modifiable in real life?
- A.-P. Magiorakos (Stockholm, SE)
- J. Reilly (Glasgow, GB)
Capital Suite E
09:00 – 11:00
Oral session
Clinical and experimental immunology
- K. Solomon (Dublin, IE)
- J. Friedland (London, GB)
11:30 – 12:30
Official Symposium
Immunotherapy after transplantation: the present, the future
- J.M. Aguado (Madrid, ES)
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14:30 – 15:30
Oral Session
Old and new emerging viral infections and warning systems …
Old and new emerging viral infections and warning systems for outbreaks
- A. Papa (Thessaloniki, GR)
- T. Avsic-Zupanc (Ljubljana, SI)
16:00 – 18:00
BD Diagnostics Symposium
European standardisation and automation in microbiology
- R.J. Courcol (Lille, FR)
- P. Apfalter (Linz, AT)
Capital Suite F
09:00 – 11:00
Cepheid Symposium
Impact of molecular diagnostics on patient pathways
- D. Persing (Sunnyvale, US)
- M. Ieven (Antwerp, BE)
11:30 – 12:30
Keynote Lecture
HAI surveillance and public reporting: leading to real …
HAI surveillance and public reporting: leading to real improvement and best practices?
- M.A. Borg (Valletta, MT)
14:30 – 15:30
Official Symposium
Solid organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients
- P. Grossi (Varese, IT)
- C. Garzoni (Berne, DE)
16:00 – 18:00
Astellas Pharma EU Symposium
Antifungal grand rounds: aligning management approaches with patient needs
- A.J. Ullmann (Würzburg, DE)
- R. Masterton (Kilmarnock, GB)
Capital Suite G
07:45 – 08:45
Meet-the-Expert
How to plan and report your study: your boarding pass for …
How to plan and report your study: your boarding pass for publication
09:00 – 11:00
Official Symposium
Careers for infectious disease physicians and clinical microbiologists: is there evidence of discrimination?
- E. Tacconelli (Rome, IT)
- M. Akova (Ankara, TR)
- N. Benzonana (Istanbul, TR)
- T. Kortbeek (Bilthoven, NL)
- E. Nagy (Szeged, HU)
- M. Poljak (Ljubljana, SI)
11:30 – 12:30
Official Symposium
Severe streptococcal sepsis
- D.M. Musher (Houston, US)
- W.V. Kern (Freiburg, DE)
14:30 – 15:30
Official Symposium
Hepatitis E: an omnipresent zoonosis
- G. Foster (London, GB)
- M. Puoti (Milan, IT)
16:00 – 18:00
Bayer Pharma Symposium
Community-acquired LRTIs and cSSSIs: the challenge of choosing appropriate antimicrobial therapy
- J. Garau (Barcelona, ES)
- A. Pahissa (Barcelona, ES)
Capital Suite H
09:00 – 11:00
Luminex Symposium
Current and future perspectives in clinical diagnosis of viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogens using a unique …
Current and future perspectives in clinical diagnosis of viral, bacterial and parasitic pathogens using a unique multiplexing technology
- E.C.J. Claas (Leiden, NL)
- L. Engstrand (Stockholm, SE)
11:30 – 12:30
Oral session
CMV in the compromised host: new information
- P.D. Griffiths (London, GB)
- J.A. Maertens (Leuven, BE)
14:30 – 15:30
Oral session
Mycobacterial infections: science and medicine
- J. Friedland (London, GB)
- E. Cambau (Paris, FR)
16:00 – 18:00
bioMérieux Symposium
Interest in IT solutions to improve patient management
- U. Göbel (Berlin, DE)
- P.-E. Fournier (Marseille, FR)
Hall N11 A
07:45 – 08:45
Meet-the-Expert
Schistosomiasis - a challenge for ID specialists?!
09:00 – 11:00
AstraZeneca Symposium
The role of new beta-lactams in an era of increasing global resistance
- M. Dryden (Winchester, GB)
- L. Gutmann (Paris, FR)
11:30 – 12:30
Oral session
NDM-1 - a growing problem
- T.R. Walsh (Cardiff, GB)
- Ö. Samuelsen (Tromsö, NO)
14:30 – 15:30
Official Symposium
Schistosomiasis
- E. Gotuzzo (Lima, PE)
- T. Kortbeek (Bilthoven, NL)
16:00 – 18:00
Official Symposium
Seen in the parasitology clinic
- F. Peyron (Lyon, FR)
- R. Lopez-Vélez (Madrid, ES)
Hall N11 B
07:45 – 08:45
Meet-the-Expert
Central line bacteraemias: can we truly aim at zero
09:00 – 11:00
Pfizer Symposium
Optimising care pathways in invasive fungal disease: new evidence and experience
- F. Menichetti (Pisa, IT)
- C. Lass-Flörl (Innsbruck, AT)
11:30 – 12:30
Official Symposium
The paradox of Propionibacterium acnes: benign commensal …
The paradox of Propionibacterium acnes: benign commensal and virulent pathogen
- E. Nagy (Szeged, HU)
- S. Patrick (Belfast, GB)
14:30 – 15:30
Official Symposium
Toys, gadgets and e-sources for ID and CM specialists
- E. Andersson (Johanneshov, SE)
- A. Skiada (Athens, GR)
16:00 – 18:00
Official Symposium
Faster, higher, stronger..and infection-free: a new motto for the Olympics? Infection and sporting events
- N.C. Bishop (Loughborough, GB)
- K. Kerr (Harrogate, GB)
Platinum Suite 1/2
07:45 – 08:45
Meet-the-Expert
Management of ESBL producers in Enterobacteriaceae in the …
Management of ESBL producers in Enterobacteriaceae in the ICU; E. coli, K. pneumoniae, ... all the same?
09:00 – 11:00
Official Symposium
What does it take for a plasmid to 'go global'? It's all in the genes.....
- A. Carattoli (Rome, IT)
- L. Martinez-Martinez (Santander, ES)
11:30 – 12:30
Official Symposium
The year in clinical microbiology
- T. Pal (Al Ain, AE)
14:30 – 15:30
Keynote Lecture
Phage therapy: myth or reality?
- F. Baquero (Madrid, ES)
16:00 – 18:00
Official Symposium
Non-MBL carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacilli
- R. Cantón (Madrid, ES)
- A.C. Vatopoulos (Athens, GR)
Platinum Suite 3/4
07:45 – 08:45
Meet-the-Expert
ESCMID Guideline for management of acute sore throat
09:00 – 11:00
Oral session
New approaches to antibiotic use in serious infections
- I.C. Gyssens (Nijmegen, NL)
- C.C. Kibbler (London, GB)
11:30 – 12:30
Official Symposium
Are contact precautions sufficient to control spread of …
Are contact precautions sufficient to control spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria? - PRO/CON debate
- B. Allegranzi (Geneva, CH)
- A.-P. Magiorakos (Stockholm, SE)
14:30 – 15:30
Keynote Lecture
Streptococcus pneumoniae; the perennial pathogen
- W. Hryniewicz (Warsaw, PL)
16:00 – 18:00
Oral session
Bacteraemia and surgical site infections
- A.F. Widmer (Basel, CH)
- E. Presterl (Vienna, AT)
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