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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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