27th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, JUNE 9-13, 2009
27th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
EUROPEAN SOCIETY
F O R P A E D I A T R I C
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ESPID2009
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, JUNE 9-13, 2009
Organized jointly by the ESPID
Society and the ESPID Foundation
www.kenes.com/espid
Main Theme
Serious Bacterial
Infections
Abstract
Submission
Deadline:
January 26, 2009
First Announcement
TUESDAY, JUNE 9
12:00
Registration Opens
17:00-17:30
Coffee Break
17:30-19:30
ESPID
Pre-Congress Symposium
FRIDAY, JUNE 12
07:30-08:20
Meet the Professor
Session 3
Osteomyelitis:
Diagnosis and
Treatment
07:30-08:20
Meet the Professor
Session 4
Practical Situations in
Paediatric Infection
Control
07:30-08:20
Expert Discussion 2
Urinary Tract
Infections
Diagnosis and
Management
08:30-10:00
ESPID Scientific Session 4:
Clinical and Fundamental Bacteriology:
What Does it Bring to the Clinician?
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
10:30-12:00
ESPID Scientific Session 5:
Update on New Diagnostics and
Therapeutics Options in Infectious
Diseases
10:30-12:00
ESPID Scientific Session 6:
Models, Clinical Scores and
Evidence Based Medicine in
Paediatric Infectious Diseases
12:15-13:30
Research Lunches
12:00-13:30
Lunch Break, Poster Viewing,
Visit Exhibition
13:30-15:00
Oral Communication 3
Fungal Infections and/or Infections
in the Immunocompromised
13:30-15:00
Oral Communication 4
Bacterial Resistance
15:00-16:30
Poster Session and Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
ESPID Scientific Session 7
Interaction Between Bacteria and Virus: What’s New and Does it Matter?
20:30-23:00
Farewell Event
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
07:30-08:20
Meet the Professor
Session 1
Prolonged Fever of
Unknown Origin
07:30-08:20
Meet the Professor
Session 2
Prophylaxis in
Surgery, in Immuno-
compromised
07:30-08:20
Expert Discussion 1
How do you
Manage Fever in
Infants Less than 2
Months Old
08:30-09:30
ESPID Scientific Session 1:
Infection Control in Paediatrics: Wha