Izmir, Turkey22 Sep – 24 Sep 2014Izmir, Turkey22 – 24 September 2014

Contact Person & Administrative SecretariatNazmiye AltintasEge University School of MedicineDepartment of Parasitology35100 Bornova-Izmir Turkey

Phone +90 532 544 42 52Fax +90 232 373 10 73nazmiye.altintas@ege.edu.tr

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ESCMID Postgraduate Education CourseInfectious Diseases in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: Current Challenges

Organisers• ESCMID Study Group for Clinical Parasitology (ESGCP)• Ege University School of Medicine, Department of

Parasitology, Izmir, Turkey• Turkish Society of Hydatidology (THD)• Turkish Society of Infectious Diseases Specialists

(EKMUD)• Turkish Society of Microbiology (TMC)

Supporters• ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Mi-

grants (ESGITM)• ESCMID Food- and Water-borne Infections Study Group

(EFWISG)• ESCMID Study Group for Coxiella, Anaplasma,

Rickettsia and Bartonella (ESCAR)• ESCMID Study Group for Molecular Diagnostics (ESGMD)• ESCMID Study Group for Viral Hepatitis (ESGVH)• ESCMID Study Group for Epidemiological Markers

(ESGEM)

Course Coordinators• Nazmiye Altintas, Izmir, Turkey• Ziad A. Memish, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Course ObjectivesThe course will provide an update on current infectiousdiseases in the Mediterranean and the Middle East with emphasis on viral, bacterial and parasitic infections with changing epidemiology, diagnosis and management. Viral infections will include the spread of the novel Coro-navirus and the avian influenza H5N1 and CCHF. The problems of multiresistant bacteria will be covered both from management and hospital infection control per-spectives, and molecular surveillance will be reviewed.

ESCMID Postgraduate Education CourseInfectious Diseases in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: Current Challenges

Scientific picture inside: Patient with visceral Leishmaniasis, © Prof Dr Yusuf Ozbel

Target Audience30 – 60 clinical microbiologists and clinical infectious disease physicians, biologists and public health officials interested in a broad update on new infection agents, novel treatment modalities and new methods in diag-nostics and molecular epidemiology.

Faculty Members Nazmiye Altintas, Izmir, TurkeySöhret Aydemir, Izmir, TurkeyAfif Ben Salah, Tunis, TunisiaCarmen-Michaela Cretu, Bucharest, RomaniaHakan Erdem, Istanbul, TurkeySelda Erensoy, Izmir, TurkeyAlex W. Friedrich, Groningen, The NetherlandsDeniz Gökengin, Izmir, TurkeyBruno Gottstein, Berne, SwitzerlandGilbert Greub, Lausanne, SwitzerlandZeynep Gulay, Izmir, TurkeySibel Gündes, Kocaeli, TurkeyYuksel Guruz, Izmir, TurkeyGreet Ieven, Egedem, BelgiumCharles L. Jaffe, Jerusalem, Israel Aynur Karadenizli, Kocaeli, TurkeyAmer Kandeel, Cairo, Egypt Figen Kuloglu, Edirne, TurkeyHakan Leblebicioglu, Samsun, TurkeyAmel Letaief, Sousse, TunisiaSantiago Mas-Coma, Valencia, Spain Ziad A. Memish, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAntónio Menezes Da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal Mario Mondelli, Pavia, ItalyResat Ozaras, Istanbul, TurkeySeray Ozensoy, Izmir, TurkeyAykut Özkul, Ankara, Turkey Eskild Petersen, Aarhus, DenmarkLaurent Poirel, Fribourg, SwitzerlandEvan Secor, Atlanta, United StatesRüçhan Sertöz, Izmir, TurkeyAtef Shibl, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOguz Resat Sipahi, Izmir, TurkeyMehmet Tanyuksel, Ankara, TurkeySerhat Unal, Ankara, TurkeyAysin Zeytinoglu, Izmir, Turkey

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Course Programme Organisation

Course VenueWyndham Izmir Özdilek Inciraltı St. No. 67 35340 Balçova, Izmir, Turkey

Phone +90 232 292 13 00Fax +90 232 292 13 13 info@wyndhamizmir.comhttp://www.cpizmir.com/en

Registration ProcedureRegister now online on the ESCMID website at www.escmid.org/education. Registration deadline is 22 August 2014.

Registration FeeEUR 850 for ESCMID members or members of THD/EKMUD/TCMEUR 950 for all others

The fee includes the tuition, hotel accommodation for three nights, lunches, morning and afternoon coffee breaks and two dinners. Travel is not included.

Attendance GrantsESCMID provides a number of attendance grants for ESCMID “young scientist members”. The grant covers the registration fee. Travel is not included. Please apply via the ESCMID website at www.escmid.org/education before 20 June 2014. Applicants will be informed about their acceptance by 4 July 2014.

CME AccreditationThe organisers of the course will apply for European CME accreditation through EACCME.

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

08:30 Cell culture and isolation of new pathogens. Gilbert Greub09:00 Round Table Chair: Yuksel Guruz • Leishmaniasis I. Seray Ozensoy • Leishmaniasis II. Afif Ben Salah • Leishmaniasis III. Charles L. Jaffe10:30 Coffee break11:00 Malaria: epidemiology and risk of resurgence. Eskild Petersen11:30 Amoebiasis: neglected or overdiagnosed? Mehmet Tanyuksel12:00 Fasciolosis: epidemiology and management. Santiago Mas-Coma12:30 Lunch13:30 Round Table Chair: Nazmiye Altintas • Introduction: echinococcosis. Nazmiye Altintas • Differential laboratory diagnosis of CE and AE: molecular and immunological tools. Bruno Gottstein • Treatment of cystic echinococcosis. António Menezes Da Silva15:00 Management of toxocariasis. Carmen-Michaela Cretu15:30 Schistosomiasis: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. Evan Secor16:00 Informal surveillance systems. Ziad A. Memish & Eskild Petersen17:00 Closing & evaluation

Thursday, 25 September 2014

Tour Ephesus (optional)

Monday, 22 September 2014

08:30 Registration09:00 Welcome address09:30 HIV: trends in the region. Deniz Gökengin Chair: Eskild Petersen10:00 HIV: what is new in diagnosis and monitoring? Rüçhan Sertöz10:30 Coffee break11:00 Emerging rickettsioses and ehrlichioses. Amel Letaief 11:30 Mediterranean spotted Q-fever. Figen Kuloglu12:00 Alkhurma haemorrhagic fever from kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ziad A. Memish12:30 Lunch13:30 Novel coronavirus: clinical presentation, epidemi- ology and future. Ziad A. Memish14:00 Influenza H5N1 in Egypt. Amer Kandeel14:30 Avian and human influenza: molecular epidemi- ology. To be identified15:00 Coffee break15:30 Standardisation and implementation of rapid diagnostic tests and SOPs for outbreaks. Greet Ieven16:00 Round Table Chair: Aysin Zeytinoglu • West Nile virus. Aykut Özkul • Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever. Hakan Leblebicioglu19:00 Dinner

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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

08:30 HBV: monitoring and new treatments. Selda Erensoy Chair: Sibel Gündes09:00 HCV: monitoring and new treatments. Resat Ozaras09:30 HEV. Mario Mondelli10:00 Coffee break10:30 NDM1 and other Gram-negative MDR. Laurent Poirel Chair: Zeynep Gulay11:00 Treatment of Gram-negative MDR. Oguz Resat Sipahi11:30 MRSA and VRE epidemiology, control and diagnosis. Atef Shibl12:00 Treatment of VRE and MRSA. Serhat Unal12:30 Lunch13:30 Modern typing methods for regional and cross-border infection control. Alex W. Friedrich14:00 Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Söhret Aydemir14:30 Brucellosis. Hakan Erdem15:00 Tularemia. Aynur Karadenizli15:30 City tour19:00 Dinner

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