Staphylococcus aureus : from basic science to clinical applications


FRIDAY October 5, 2012

Venue: Université catholique de Louvain, Medical Health Sector,
Avenue Mounier 51, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium

All slides shown are for educational purposes only -- For all other uses, contact us at francoise.vanbambeke@uclouvain.be

Organization: Françoise Van Bambeke (UCL) and Olivier Denis (ULB)

Session 1: Basic Science

14h Small Colony Variants: a challenge for the researcher, the microbiologist, and the clinican
Prof. B. Kahl, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

14h30

Biofilms: understanding physiology for developing new therapeutic strategies
Dr M. Shahrooei & Prof. J. Van Eldere, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, KULeuven
15h Infection models for the study of antibiotic PK/PD towards S. aureus
Prof. N. Frimodt-Møller, Department of Microbiology, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Session 2: Clinical applications
15h45 Resistance: an update on Belgian and European data
Prof. O. Denis, Laboratoire de Référence MRSA-Staphylocoque, ULB
16h15 How to vanquish S. aureus in 2012
Prof. S. Vandecasteele, Nephrology and Infectious diseases, AZ St Jan, Brugge
16h45 Treating S. aureus infections: from guideline to practice
Dr F. Frippiat, Internal Medicine, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège
17h15 Therapeutic options: what’s new in the pipeline ?
Prof. P. Tulkens, Pharmacologie cellulaire et moléculaire, UCL