8th Croatian Congress of Clinical Microbiology with international participation
 
Zagreb, May 25-28, 2008
 
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CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS
 
 
 
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
 

Sunday, 25th of May 2008

 

11:00-14:00

Pre-congress Workshop

Laboratory Diagnostics of MRSA CHC Zagreb; 200,00 kn per person , max 10 participants

15:00-16:00

Registration

Hotel Sheraton

16:00-17:30

Education in Microbiology (Tomislav Rukavina, Smilja Kalenić, Arjana Tambić Andrašević, Gordana Mlinarić Galinović, Croatia)

17:30–18:30

Opening Ceremony

Welcome Reception

 

Monday, 26th of May 2008

 

08:00-09:00

Registration

09:00-10:00

Keynote Lecture

C.difficile (Elisabeth Nagy,Hungary)

10:00-11.30

Hospital infections

Implementation of Bundles in Control of Specific Hospital Infections (Gayle Gilmore, USA) HELICS Project – Croatian Experience (Smilja Kalenić, Croatia, t.b.a.)

11:30-12.00

Coffee break, Posters

12:00-13.00

Infections caused by Parasites

Toxoplasmosis (Maria Cristina Angelici, Italy)

Leishmaniosis (Marina Gramiccia, Italy)

13:00-15.00

Industrial Symposia and Lunch (Ecolab, Hospitalija)

15:00-16.30

Antimicrobial Resistance (Arjana Tambić Andrašević, Branka Bedenić, Igor Francetić, Smilja Kalenić,Croatia, t.b.a.)

16:30-17:00

Coffee Break, Posters

17:00-18:00

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Jasmina Vraneš, Lidija Žele Starčević, Croatia, t.b.a)

19:30-22:00

Gala Dinner

 

Tuesday, 27th of May 2008

 

08.30-09:00

Registration

09:00-10:00

Keynote Lecture

The Role of Molecular Biology in Diagnostics and Prevention of Hospital Infections (Ana Budimir, Croatia)

10:00-11:30

Molecular Diagnostics- Bacteria, Fungi,Viruses, (Vanda Plečko, Snježana Židovec Lepej, Ana Budimir, Ljiljana Cebalo, Aleksandra Presečki Stanko,Ivana Mareković, Sunčica Ljubin-Sternak, Croatia)

11:30-12:00

Coffee break, Posters

12:00-13:00

Viral Respiratory Infections in Croatia (Edward E. Walsh, USA Gordana Mlinarić Galinović, Vladimir Draženović, Croatia)

13:00-15:00

Industrial Symposia and Lunch (Antiseptica, A&B/BioMerieux/)

15:00-16:00

MSD Symposia – Ertapenem: Spectrum and Clinical Role (David E. Livermore,GB)

16:00-16:30

Coffee break, Posters

16.30-18:00

Tuberculosis in Croatia (Veronique Vincent (WHO), Vera Katalinić Jankovič, Croatia, t.b.a.)

 

Wednesday, 28th of May 2008

 

08:30-09:30

Keynote Lecture

Modern Concepts for the Detection of Biological Warfare Agents (Gerhard Dobler, Germany)

09:30-10:00

Coffee break, Posters

10:00-11:30

Bioterrorism: Pathogens and Laboratory Diagnostics (Vladimir Draženović, Alemka Markotić, Davor Jelaska, Khalil Nemer, Croatia

11:30-12:30 Free Topics

12:30

Closing Remarks

13:00-16:00

After-congress Workshop (in a case of interest)

Laboratory Diagnostics of MRSA CHC Zagreb; 200,00 kn per person , max 10 participants