| Meeting report: Fourth Forum on Respiratory Tract Infections, Sitges, Spain, 8 11 February 2007. | |
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PMID: 17595283 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Over 420 delegates participated in this, the fourth of a biennial series of scientific meetings, drawing from 30 or more nations and encompassing the specialties of infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, pulmonary and general medicine and Industry inter alia. The 2007 Forum was chaired by Professors Antoni Torres Marti, Giuliana Gialdroni Grassi and Dr Peter Ball and received academic endorsement from the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), Italian Society for Chemotherapy, Spanish Pulmonology Society, Paul Ehrlich Society and the Société de Pneumologie de Langue Français. The Scientific Programme was scientifically and financially supported by the BSAC and a consortium of pharmaceutical companies. Discussion focused on key contemporary issues in respiratory tract infection (RTI), including the impact of antibiotic resistance on clinical outcomes and the continuing need for antibiotic conservation via evolving guidelines, the challenges of avian influenza, nosocomial RTIs and the emergence of new pathogens, e.g. community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, novel antimicrobial agents, disease definitions (e.g. healthcare-associated pneumonia) and therapeutic assessment criteria, such as patient-reported outcome measures, in improving RTI management. The entire meeting was granted CME recognition (18 sessions) by the European Accreditation Council for continuing medical education. |
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Authors:
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Glenn S Tillotson; Peter Ball |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Congresses; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2007-06-26 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy Volume: 60 ISSN: 0305-7453 ISO Abbreviation: J. Antimicrob. Chemother. Publication Date: 2007 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-08-16 Completed Date: 2007-12-10 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7513617 Medline TA: J Antimicrob Chemother Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 464-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Replidyne Inc., Milford, CT, USA. |
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Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use Drug Resistance, Bacterial Humans Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy* |
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0/Anti-Bacterial Agents |
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