| TUESDAY 23RD NOVEMBER | ||
| Abstract Ref No: | Time: | |
| 09.45 | Welcome & Introduction | |
| Robert C. Spencer, Bristol, Conference Chairman | ||
| S01 | 10.00 | Key Note Lecture: Infection services: making a difference |
| Tony Howard, Cardiff | ||
| 10.45 11.20 | Coffee, Exhibition and Posters | |
| SYMPOSIUM: Whats new in | ||
| Chairperson: Rosemary Barnes, Cardiff | ||
| S02 | 11.20 | Respiratory Virology |
| Bill Carman, Glasgow | ||
| S03 | 11.40 | Molecular diagnostics in Mycology |
| Jean-Paul Latge, Paris, France | ||
| S04 | 12.00 | The changing face of ESBLs |
| David Livermore, London | ||
| S05 | 12.20 | The Big Five: Recent RCTs that have changed the way we manage sepsis |
| Brodyn Poulton, Norwich | ||
| 12.40 14.00 | Lunch, Exhibition and Posters | |
| 14.00 | Expert Led Poster Walks and Discussion (Poster Walk Timetable) | |
| 15.00 15.30 | Tea, Exhibition and Posters | |
| S06 | 1530 1615 | The 2004 Barnett Christie Lecture (BIS): Tuberculous meningitis: new challenges, old solutions |
| Chairperson: Nick Beeching, Liverpool | ||
| Speaker: Guy Thwaites, Brighton | ||
| 16.15 17.30 | FREE PAPERS O01 O05 |
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| Chairperson: Craig Mackintosh, Wirral | ||
| O01 | 16.15 | CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE ADMINISTERED FAECAL TRANSPLANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ASSOCIATED DIARRHOEA |
| A.A. MacConnachie, R. Fox, D. Kennedy, R.A. Seaton | ||
| O02 | 16.30 | LIFE IN THE FREEZER: AN UNUSUAL ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCE OF ENTEROBACTER STERNAL WOUND INFECTION |
| A.S. Breathnach, P.A. Riley, S.Shad, S.Jownally, R. Law, P.C. Chin, H.M. Petkar, M.E. Kaufmann, E.E.J. Smith | ||
| O03 | 16.45 | MANAGING HIV-RELATED CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN RURAL THAILAND BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF ANTIFUNGAL PRIMARY PROPHYLAXIS OR HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY (HAART) REGIMENS |
| D. Inverarity, P. Wright | ||
| O04 | 17.00 | HOSPITAL COST OF INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE IN ADULTS AND POTENTIAL FOR PREVENTION BY VACCINATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM |
| H.K. Parsons, S.C. Metcalf, K. Tomlin, J. Brazier, R.C. Read, D.H. Dockrell | ||
| O05 | 17.15 | PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN A AND PNEUMOLYSIN ACT IN SYNERGY TO PREVENT COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION BY STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE |
| J. Yuste, M. Botto, J.C. Paton, J.S. Brown | ||
| 17.30 19.15 | Satellite Sympsium session by MSD: Community spread of ESBL producing enterebacteriaceae in the UK; Have we got it right? | |
| Chairpersons: David M. Livermore, London and Elizabeth Howarth, London | ||
| Speaker: Peter Hawkey, Birmingham | ||
| 19.30 | Welcome Reception at the National Museum and Gallery | |
| WEDNESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER | ||
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| 08.00 9.45 | Clinical Lessons (Coffee and croissants will be served) | |
| Chairperson: Nick Beeching, Liverpool | ||
| CL01 | 08.00 | SAVED BY BAD HANDWRITING - THE SHOCKING TRUTH! |
| D. Orr, J. Cheesbrough, Lancashire | ||
| CL02 | 08.10 | BEWARE OF THE CYCLOPS |
| J. Dunbar, S. Green, T. Stephenson, A. Lobo, M. Whyte, Sheffield | ||
| CL03 | 08.20 | CANARY FEVER |
| M.S. Bailey, V. R. Aachi, R. Chandy, J. P. McLindon, H.C. Mwandumba, N. J. Beeching, Liverpool | ||
| CL04 | 08.30 | DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH |
| V. Mitra, A. A. Macconnachie, S. Dundas, W. T. A. Todd, N. Kennedy, Lanarkshire | ||
| CL05 | 08.40 | FEBRILE ADENOPATHY - TB OR NOT TO BE |
| J. Wembri, M. Snow, Newcastle Upon Tyne | ||
| CL06 | 08.50 | APPARENTLY IT IS CALLED "WATER-RAT TRAPPERS DISEASE" IN RUSSIA |
| J. Edgeworth, London | ||
| CL07 | 09.00 | WEAK AT THE KNEES |
| S. Douthwaite, R. Stow, H. C. Mwandumba, I. Hart, N. J. Beeching, Liverpool | ||
| CL08 | 09.10 | THE EAR OF AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERT PINPOINTS THE ANSWER |
| N. H. O'Connell, M. J. Weinbren, G. Girish, D. Pitcher, Coventry | ||
| S07 | 09.45 | The 2004 Lowbury Lecture (HIS): The Western Australian experience with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from disaster to on-going control |
| Chairperson: A. M. Emmerson, Nottingham | ||
| Speaker: John Pearman, Perth, Australia | ||
| 1030 - 11.00 | Coffee, Exhibition and Posters | |
| SYMPOSIUM: Molecular aspects of infection | ||
| Chairperson: Peter Hawkey, Birmingham | ||
| S08 | 11.00 | Understanding low listeria monocytogenes target and cross host barriers |
| Marc Lecuit, Paris, France | ||
| S09 | 11.30 | Molecular basis for antibiotic resistance |
| Tim Walsh, Bristol | ||
| S10 | 12.00 | Molecular epidemiology of TB |
| Grace Smith, Birmingham | ||
| 12.30 13.45 | Lunch, Exhibition and Posters | |
| 13.45 | Expert Led Poster Walks and Discussion (Poster Walk Timetable) | |
| 14.45 15.15 | Tea, Exhibition and Posters | |
| S11 | 15.15 16.00 | The 2004 Garrod Lecture (BSAC): Antibiotic resistance, experienced evolution |
| Chairperson: Alasdair P. MacGowan, Bristol | ||
| Speaker: Bernd Wiedermann, Bonn, Germany | ||
| 16.00 17.30 | Workshops/Meet the Expert sessions run in parallel | |
| WO1 COUNCIL CHAMBER | SESSION 1: WORKSHOP: HIV/TB co-infection |
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| Anton Pozniak, London | ||
| WO2 SYNDICATE ROOM C | SESSION 2: MEET THE EXPERT: How to investigate an infectious disease in difficult circumstances |
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| Meiron Evans, Cardif | ||
| WO3 SYNDICATE ROOM L | SESSION 3: MEET THE EXPERT: How to set up a Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory |
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| Peter Hawkey, Birmingham | ||
| WO4 SYNDICATE ROOM D | SESSION 4: WORKSHOP: Assessing environmental cleanliness |
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| Craig Mackintosh, Wirral | ||
| 20.00 | Conference Dinner at the Millennium Stadium | |
| THURSDAY 25TH NOVEMBER | ||
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| 07.30 | Breakfast is served for those attending the BSAC session | |
| 07.45 08.45 | BSAC Breakfast Symposium: Antimicrobial resistance in the UK and Ireland: whats new? | |
| Chairperson: David Edwards, Romford | ||
| Speakers: David Felmingham, London; David Livermore, London; Deidre Lewis, Gloucester and Alasdair MacGowan, Bristol | ||
| S12 | 09.00 | The 2004 J.D. Williams Lecture (AMM): Immunisation against menigococcal disease |
| Chairperson: Tony Howard, Cardiff | ||
| Speaker: Martin Maiden, Oxford | ||
| OO | 09.45 11.45 | FREE PAPERS O06 O13 |
| Chairpersons: Katie Jeffery, Oxford and Shiranee Sriskandon, London | ||
| O06 | 09.45 | DOES DETECTION OF VIRULENCE-ASSOCIATED GENES DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN INVASIVE AND COMMENSAL STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS STRAINS ON A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT UNIT |
| H. Rohde, M. Kalitzky, N. Kröger, S. Scherpe, M. A. Horstkotte, J. K-M. Knobloch, A. R. Zander, D.Mack | ||
| O07 | 10.00 | THE NRAMP ORTHOLOGUE OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS IS A PH-DEPENDENT TRANSPORTER OF MANGANESE, IRON, COBALT AND NICKEL |
| D. Agranoff, L. Collins, D. Kehres, T. Harrison, M. Maguire, S. Krishna | ||
| O08 | 10.15 | SUPERANTIGEN RECOGNITION BY HLA CLASS II ON MONOCYTES UP-REGULATES TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4 AND ENHANCES PROINFLAMMATORY RESPONSES TO ENDOTOXIN |
| P . A. Hopkins, J.D. Fraser, A.C. Pridmore, H.H. Russell, R.C. Read, S. Sriskandan | ||
| O09 | 10.30 | NITRIC OXIDE DEFICIENCY LEADS TO REDUCTION IN MACROPHAGE APOPTOSIS AND EARLIER BACTERAEMIA IN A MURINE MODEL OF PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA |
| H.M. Marriot, P.G. Hellewell, M.K.B. Whyte, D.H. Dockrell | ||
| O10 | 10.45 | RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INDUCED CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND CLINICAL DISEASE SEVERITY IN INFANTS |
| P .T. Morrison, S. Manna, J. Handforth, S. Tibby, M. Sharland, J.S. Friedland | ||
| O11 | 11.00 | FOLLOW UP OF POST-TREATMENT SYPHILIS SEROLOGY AND PARTNER NOTIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH EARLY INFECTIOUS SYPHILIS |
| M. Chauhan, K.S. Sankar, R.S. Pattman, M.L. Schmid | ||
| O12 | 11.15 | IMMUNE RESTORATION DISEASE IN SEVERELY IMMUNOSUPPRESSED HIV PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH CD4 COUNTS OF <50 COMMENCING HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT |
| B.M. Clark, M.A. French | ||
| O13 | 11.30 | THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO TUBERCULOSIS IN HIV-1-SEROPOSITIVE SUBJECTS ON HAART: PRESENT BUT NOT FUNCTIONAL? |
| R. Sutherland, H. Yang, B. Ondondo, C. Conlon, A. Suttill, A. McMichael, L. Dorrell | ||
| 11.45 12.15 | Coffee, Exhibition and Posters | |
| SYMPOSIUM: Updates | ||
| Chairperson: Judith Richards, Norwich | ||
| S13 | 12.15 | National sexual health and HIV strategy: Update on STIs |
| George Kinghorn, Sheffield | ||
| S14 | 12.45 | Evidence-based practice: Prevention of early onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease |
| Mark Hastings, Cardiff | ||
| S15 | 13.15 | Malaria prophylaxis: continuity and change |
| David J Bradley, London | ||
| 13.45 14.30 | Lunch | |
| Conference Ends | ||
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
WELCOME RECEPTION
Tuesday 23rd November 2004
The National Museum and Gallery, adjacent to City Hall
This venue is a treasure house of Welsh culture and heritage. The Reception
will be
held in the Grand Hall which is a grand and opulent setting. There will be
the
opportunity to browse through the galleries, which house the Davies Collection
of
French Impressionist Art with works by Monet, Renoir and Van Gogh. There
will be
time to spend experiencing fine art amongst colleagues. The Reception will
finish in time
to give guests the chance to have dinner at one of Cardiff's many excellent
restaurants.
For further information on the Museum and Gallery, please visit www.nmgw.ac.uk.
CONFERENCE DINNER
Wednesday 24th November 2004
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park
The Millennium Stadium is a spectacular venue and hosts the FA Cup Final,
the
Carling Cup Final and the British Speedway Grand Prix as well as concerts
by
international megastars. For this FIS event, there will be a Drinks Reception
held in
the 'match boxes' providing the best views in the house. Dinner
will then be served
in the Cardiff Arms Suite where guests will experience an evening of fine
food and
wine in the company of colleagues, with a band to play the night away. There
will be
tours available for sports enthusiasts at a small extra cost. Please ensure
that you
request tour tickets on the Registration Form. For further information on
the
Millennium Stadium, please visit www.millenniumstadium.com.
Conference Dinner Tickets are available at a heavily subsidised rate of £15.00.
No
refunds will be given for cancellations.
NAMED LECTURES - BACKGROUND
THE GARROD LECTURE - Professor B Wiedemann, Bonn,
Germany
This annual lecture, sponsored by the British Society for Antimicrobial
Chemotherapy, was inaugurated in 1982 and named after L P Garrod (1896 -
1979) whose influence
on
antimicrobial chemotherapy was so important in the development of the
discipline, and
whose clinical approach based on meticulous laboratory work, is in keeping
with the ethos
of the Society. The lecture is always given by an international authority
on chemotherapy.
THE LOWBURY LECTURE - Professor John Pearman, Perth,
Australia
The annual Lowbury Lecture sponsored by the Hospital Infection Society was
instituted in 1980, in recognition to Professor Edmund Joseph Lister Lowbury's
long
and outstanding pioneering work on infection control matters.
Professor Lowbury is the doyen of modern hospital infection control having
been the
first honorary Director of the Hospital Infection Research Laboratory in
1964. In
addition to his extensive scientific body of over 250 publications, Professor
Lowbury
is also recognised in literary circles as an outstanding poet, and his bound
book of
poems is traditionally given to the Lowbury Lecturer as a momento of the
occasion.
THE BARNETT CHRISTIE LECTURE - Guy Thwaites,
Brighton
Barnett Christie was an eminent Infectious Disease physician and author,
who is honoured
annually by the British Infection Society with a lecture delivered by a young
investigator in
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology who has won the annual Barnett Christie
prize.
THE JD WILLIAMS LECTURE – Dr Martin Maiden, Oxford
This year the JD Williams Lecturer is Martin Maiden from Oxford, the latest
annual
lecture in recognition of the work of Professor JD Williams. This Lecture
was first
given by Professor JD Williams in 1998. The Lecture is sponsored by the Association
of Medical Microbiologists (AMM).