GRACE Educational Material

6th GRACE Postgraduate Course

Challenges and change in pneumonia – focus on Streptococcus pneumoniae and community-acquired MRSA

Arranged by ESCMID and ERS for the EU-funded Network of Excellence GRACE (Genomics to Combat Resistance against Antibiotics in Community-acquired LRTI in Europe)

Course Content

Impact of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in North American and European children
Ron Dagan (Beer Sheva, IL)
The herd effect of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine on adult LRTI
Åke Örtqvist (Stockholm, SE)
Antibiotic choices and controversies in the treatment of pneumococcal lung disease
Javier Garau (Barcelona, ES)
CA-MRSA: epidemiology and clinical impact on the lung
Marc Bonten (Utrecht, NL)
Current laboratory approaches to the diagnosis of CA-MRSA
Jan Kluytmans (Breda, NL)
Management including empirical and definitive antibiotic therapy of MRSA pneumonia
Robert Masterton (Kilmarnock, UK)

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