Anti Microbial Made Easy
29-30
April 2009
Hama,
Syria
|
Time |
Topics |
Contents |
Speaker/
Moderator
|
|
7:55-8:00am |
Introduction |
|
Salim Baharoon
|
|
8:00-8:35am
(35) min |
Antibiotic
classes and mechanism of action |
Description of
common classes with mechanism of action
including the newer classes |
Antoine Cherfan
|
|
8:35- 9:10am
(35) min |
General
Principles of antibiotic therapy
|
Factors in
antibiotic selection
Tissue
penetration, Antibiotic dosing, Absorption
Oral vs.
intravenous
Synergistic and
antagonistic |
Antoine
Cherfan |
|
9:10- 9:45am
(35) min |
Clinical aspects
in antibiotic selection and Antibiotic failure
|
Bactericidal vs.
bacteroststic
Monotherapy vs.
combination including duration of therapy
Route of therapy
Index of
isolates
Aerobic and
anaerobic organisms
Use of gram
stain in different samples like CSF, sputum,
urine |
Hussain Alawadi
|
|
9:45-10:25am
(35) min |
Antibiotics side
effects |
Overview on
class specific side effects and drug monitoring.
B-lactam allergy
interpretation, Antibiotic desensitization
|
Antoine
Cherfan |
|
Break 15 minutes |
|
10:40-11:20am
(40) min |
Antimicrobial
resistance |
Antibiotic
resistance mechanism and prevention strategies |
Abdulhakeem
Althaqafi |
|
11:20-11:55am
(35) min |
Anti fungal
drugs/therapy |
Anti fungal
classes Treatment of common fungal infections.
|
Adel Al
Othman |
|
11:55-12:45pm
(35) min |
Treatment of
common parasitic infections |
Giardia,
Schistosomiasis,
Hydatid Disease. |
Salim
Baharoon |
|
Lunch Break 1 hour |
|
12:45-1:20pm
(35) min |
Treatment of
viral infections including hepatitis
|
Treatment of
common viral illness including hepatitis |
Abdulhakeem
Althaqafi |
|
1:20-1:55pm
(35) min |
Anti TB
drugs/therapy |
Management of
Tuberculosis |
Salim
Baharoon |
|
1:55- 2:45pm
50min |
Empiric therapy
of common community acquired infections
(CNS ,CVS,
Respiratory) |
Empirical
Antimicrobial therapy of common syndromes.
Meningitis,
Brain abscess, Endocarditis, Community Acquired
Pneumonia including COPD, Infectious diarrhea |
Tarek
Dabbagh
|
|
2:45-3:35pm
50min |
Empiric therapy
of common community aquired infections
(Soft tissue and
muskeloskletal, Urinary, Sexually transmitted
infections, Infectious diarrhea)
|
Empirical
Antimicrobial therapy of common syndromes, use
of clinical and laboratory testing to improve
accuracy of selection both in children and
adults. |
Hussain Alawadi
|
|
Break 15 minutes |
|
3:50-4:25pm
35 min |
Nosocomial
Infections |
Hospital aquired
pneumonia
Blood stream
infections
Urinary tract
infections both bacterial and fungal
|
Tarek Dabbagh
|
|
4:25-5:10pm
45min
|
Antibiotics
therapy in special groups |
Solid organ
transplant
Neutropenic
Bone marrow
transplant
HIV |
Hussain Alawadi
|
DAY 2
|
8:00-8:45am
45 min +
|
Principles of
Antibiotics prophylaxis including surgical site
infection/ endocarditis and post exposure
prophylaxis |
Concept of
prophylaxis and application. Drugs and regimens
used for prophylaxis. |
Adel Al Othman |
|
Questions
(15minutes ) |
|
8:45-9:25am
35min |
New classes of
anti microbial drugs |
Description of
new classes used for gram positive and negative
including mechanism of action and potential
future use |
Salim
Baharoon |
|
9:25-10:10am
45 min |
Brucellosis,
Hydatid disease and typhoid fever therapy and
selective parasitic infections |
Including
special group treatment like children, pregnancy |
Adel Al
Othman |
|
10:10-10:50am
35 min |
Adult
vaccination |
Glance at adult
vaccination |
Abdulhakeem
Althaqafi |
|
Break 15 minutes |
|
11:05-11:45
40 min |
Pitfalls in
antibiotics use. |
Common mistakes
in antibiotic prescription |
Tarek Dabbagh |
|
11.45-12.45 |
Summary of the
last two years new knowledge |
|
Hussain
Alaawadi |
|
12.45-1.45 |
EXAM |
|
|
|
|
Closing remarks
|
|
Salim
Baharoon |
|
Lunch Break |
Speakers:
1.
Dr. Salim Baharoon
a.
New classes of anti microbial drugs
b.
Anti TB drugs/therapy
c.
Treatment of common parasitic infections
2.
Dr. Abdulhakeem Thaqafi
a.
Antimicrobial resistance at a glance
b.
Treatment of viral infections including hepatitis
c.
Adult vaccination
3.
Dr. Hussain Alawadi
a.
Clinical aspects in antibiotic selection and Antibiotic
failure
b.
Antibiotics therapy in special groups
c.
Empiric therapy by syndromes Community and Nosocomial
(Soft Tissue, Muskeloskletal, GU, STD) sexually transmitted
disease soft tissue infections, septic arthritis, Urinary
tract infection
4.
Dr. Antoine Cherfan
a.
Antibiotic classes and mechanism of action
b.
General Principles of antibiotic therapy
c.
Antibiotics side effects
5.
Dr. Adel Al Othman
a.
Anti fungal drugs/therapy
b.
Principles of Antibiotics prophylaxis including surgical
site infection/ endocarditis and post exposure prophylaxis
c.
Brucellosis, Hydatid disease and typhoid fever therapy and
selective parasitic infections
6.
Dr. Tarek Dabbagh
a.
Pneumonia, Endocarditis Infectious diarrhea, Meningitis,
Brain abscess Empiric therapy by syndromes Community and
Nosocomial (CNS ,CVS, Respiratory, GI)
b.
Nosocomial Infections Pneumonia, UTI, BSI
c.
Pitfalls in Antibiotic Use
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