25th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases – ESPID, Porto, Portugal, May 2 – 4, 2007

DETAILED ESPID PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007
07:30-08:30
“Meet the Professor” Workshops
MP1
Community-acquired MRSA Infections
S LONG, USA
MP2
Diagnosis and treatment of invasive Group A Streptococcal infections
J CARAPETIS, Australia
08:30-10:00
ES1 – ESPID Scientific Session
DIAGNOSTICS BIOMARKERS
Global genomics to assess host responses to infection
O RAMILLO, USA
Free Papers
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
10:30-12:30
ES2 – ESPID Scientific Session
IMMUNITY
Biofilm and immunity
J C PECHERE, Switzerland
Antibiotics as immunomodulators
S ROSA, Portugal
Free Papers
12:30-14:00
Research Lunches
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
14:00-15:00
BILL MARSHALL AWARD & LECTURE

15:00-16:30

ES3 – ESPID Scientific Session
RESPONSE TO INFECTION
Herpes virus – Why do they persist?
C PROBER, USA
Role of procalcitonin in infection
B MÜLLER, Switzerland
Free Papers
16:30-17:00
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
17:00-18:30
ESPID General Assembly
 
FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2007
07:30-08:30
“Meet the Professor” Workshops
MP3
Management of occult bacteraemia in the post vaccinal era
R DAGAN, Israel
New therapies in patients with severe sepsis
M LEVIN, UK
08:30-10:00
ES4 – ESPID Scientific Session
COMPLICATIONS OF INFECTION
Post infectious syndromes
S LONG, USA
Free Papers
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
10:30-12:00
Poster Presentations
12:00-12:30
Awards
12:30-14:00
Research Lunches
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
14:00-15:30
ES5 - ESPID Scientific Session
IMMUNODEFICIENCES
New primary immunodeficiencies
J L CASANOVA, France
HAART and immune reconstitution in HIV patients
M SHARLAND, UK
Free Papers
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
16:00-17:30
ES6 – ESPID Scientific Session
VACCINES AND IMMUNITY
Vaccines and immunological memory
C A SIEGRIST, Switzerland
Mucosal immunity and vaccines
A FINN, UK
Free Papers
Contact Us © ESPID 2007. All Rights Reserved KENES INTERNATIONAL Site Map