Infectious diseases
Friday 26 February 2010
Venue: UH Bristol Education Centre, Upper Mauldin Street, Bristol, Wessex, BS2 8AE
Participating Sections:
Regional Events
Despite the development of powerful antibiotics and antiviral agents microbial infection still claims more human lives worldwide than any other disease process. Thanks to public health measures and rigorous immunisation programmes the situation in Britain is a great deal better than in many other less well developed countries. Infection nevertheless remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality both in the community and in hospitals. This RSM conference is intended to define the situation in present-day Britain, to look at current and projected immunisation programmes, to examine the safety record of vaccines, to highlight new advances in diagnostic techniques and to look at some of the consequences of acute and chronic infections.
Registration Details:
Early Bird AHP/Nurse/Midwife: £65
RSM Early Bird Associate: £45
Early Bird Student: £25
RSM Early Bird Fellow: £65
Early Bird Consultant/GP: £125
Early Bird Trainee: £65
RSM Early Bird Trainee: £45
Early Bird Retired Fellow: £45
RSM Early Bird Student: £20
Guest: Free of charge
CPD: 4 credits
9.30 am |
Registration and coffee |
9.55 am |
Welcome address |
| Professor Peter M Leary, Royal Society of Medicine, Sub-dean, Wessex Region | |
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SESSION ONE |
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| Chair: Professor P M Leary, Royal Society of Medicine, Sub-dean, Wessex Region | |
10.00 am |
HIV and TB - Cell molecular and clinical relationships. |
| Professor George Griffin, St Georges Hospital, London | |
10.30 am |
Antibiotics. New drugs. Resistance |
| Dr Martin Williams, Department of Microbiology, Bristol Royal Infirmary | |
11.00 am |
Coffee break |
11.30 am |
Immunisation programmes. New vaccines. Future targets |
| Dr Jolanta Bernatoniene, Department of Paediatrics, Bristol University | |
12.00 pm |
Molecular diagnosis in microbiology |
| Dr Peter Muir, Consultant Clinical Scientist & Head of R&D, Bristol | |
12.30 pm |
The role of infection in chronic fatigue syndrome |
| Dr Esther Crawley, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bristol | |
1.00 pm |
Lunch |
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SESSION TWO |
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2.00 pm |
Auto inflammatory diseases and periodic fevers |
| Dr A Ramanan, Rheumatology Department, Bristol University | |
2.30 pm |
Sexually transmitted disease: the Chlamydia epidemic |
| Dr Patrick Horner, Department of Social medicine, Bristol University | |
3.00 pm |
Vaccine safety and the media |
| Mr Ed Sykes, Science Media Centre, The Royal Institution of Great Britain | |
3.30 pm |
Questions and discussion |
4.00 pm |
Close of meeting |
