bioMérieux Sponsored Lunchtime Symposium

PVL Associated Infections: an overview.
Tuesday September 7, 2010 – 12:30 – 14.00

 Chairmen : François Vandenesch (INSERM, Lyon, France) and Graeme Nimmo(President of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials    and state director of microbiology for Pathology Queensland)

12:30 – 12:35 - Introduction.

12:35 – 12:55 - Molecular Epidemiology. 
Prof. Angela Kearns, Head of Staphylococcus Reference Unit, Health Protection Agency, London, UK.

12:55 – 13:15 -  Clinical aspects.
Prof. Marina Morgan, Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation NHS Trust, UK.


13:15 – 13:35 – Microbial Diagnosis.

Prof. Gerard Lina, Reference National Center Staphylococcus, INSERM, Lyon, France.

13:35 – 13:55 – Guidelines for patient management.
Dr Yves Gillet, Lyon, France

 13:55 – 14.00 - Conclusion