ESCMID eAcademy

The challenge of persistent biofilm-related bone and joint infections
This live event was hosted on May 29, 2022 at 09:00 - 12:30 CEST.
​If you are unable to attend the live event, an on-demand version will be available in the following days after the end of this event.

Programme
Antibiotic treatment
09:00 – 09:15 Antibiotic treatment: How long, 6 or 12 weeks? - Ilker Uckay
09:15 – 09:30  Do we need biofilm-active antibiotics - Andrej Trampuz
09:30 – 09:45 Cutibacterium sp. Infections: role of rifampin? - Yvonne Achermann
09:45 –10:00 Streptococcal infections: role of rifampin? - Jaime Lora-Tamayo
10:00 – 10:30 Discussion & Quiz - Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break

10:50 – 11:10 Suppressive treatment: how to deal with sinus tract and antibiotic suppressive treatment - Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker
11:10 – 11:30 Case presentation and Discussion - Martin Clauss, Yvonne Achermann

Prevention strategies
11:30 – 11:50 Preventive strategies in the pre-, intra-, and postsurgical phase - Tobias Kramer 
11:50 – 12:10 Vaccines to prevent/treat PJI - Claus Moser
12:10 – 12:30 11:50 – 12:10 - Parham Sendi
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch 

Course Objectives


The education course will focus on understanding the challenges associated with persisting biofilm-related bone and joint infections in daily practise. Attendees will obtain new insights in the pathogenesis of these infections from basic researchers, as well as new clinical knowledge on how to best prevent, diagnose, and treat these infections. Lectures will focus on surgical interventions, as well as local and systemic antibiotic therapy, and other innovative treatment modalities in bone


and joint infections with focus on periprosthetic joint infections. After each session, ample time for discussion will be allotted and each topic will be closed with a quiz.

Target Audience
Infectious diseases specialists, orthopaedic or plastic surgeons, and microbiologists with interest in bone and joint infections.

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