Gram-Negative "Superbugs" Meeting 2013
 
Program
The main meeting dates will be Friday 2 and Saturday 3 August from 7.30am - 5.30pm each day. 
 
Topics to be covered in the program include:
  • Epidemiology of carbapenem and colistin resistance in Asia-Pacific
  • Optimising the Antibiotic Armamentarium
  • New drugs and innovative combinations
  • Microbiology Laboratory – Rapid identification and resistance testing
  • Successful and novel infection control approaches
Program:

A pre-meeting workshop will also be held on Thursday 1 August in Brisbane and will be on "Laboratory Skills for Investigating Antibiotic Resistant Gram negative bacilli". 

Places are limited for this workshop so please view the workshop tab for further information.

It will be the responsibility of the delegate to arrange transport from Brisbane to the Gold Coast. 

 
2013 Gram Negative "Superbugs" Meeting
Thursday 01/08/2013
10:00 am - 4:50 pmHalf Day Workshop in Brisbane
Chairperson: Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
Chairperson: Dr Deborah Williamson, Clinical Microbiologist, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
10:00 am - 10:05 amWelcome
Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
10:05 am - 10:35 amInvestigating mechanisms of resistance and molecular epidemiology of resistant organisms
Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
10:35 am - 11:05 amPhenotypic detection of resistance
Associate Professor Narelle George, Pathology Queensland
11:05 am - 11:35 amOverview of genotypic methods for detection of resistance mechanisms
Dr Hanna Sidjabat, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
11:35 am - 12:05 amOrganism identification using 16S rRNA sequencing
Haakon Burgh, Pathology Queensland
12:05 pm - 12:35 pmPrinciples of mass spectrometry for organism identification and resistance determination
Dr Keith Ashman, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
12:35 pm - 1:35 pmLunch and Lab Tour
1:35 pm - 2:05 pmCases: Detection of resistance in Enterobacteriaceae (I)
Dr Ben Rogers, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Dr Deborah Williamson, Clinical Microbiologist, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
2:05 pm - 2:35 pmCases: Detection of resistance in Enterobacteriaceae (II)
Dr Hanna Sidjabat, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Mr Alex Wailan, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
2:35 pm - 3:05 pmCases: Detection of resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dr Kate McCarthy, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Dr Timothy Kidd, University of Queensland
3:05 pm - 3:30 pmAfternoon tea
3:30 pm - 3:50 pmCases: Detection of resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii
Mr Hosam Zowawi, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Dr Anna Silvey, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Dr Witchuda Kamolvit, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
3:50 pm - 4:10 pmCases: Full genome sequencing to answer questions of resistance in GNBs
Dr Sebastian van Hal, University of Western Sydney
Dr Slade Jensen, University of Western Sydney
4:10 pm - 4:30 pmThe future of laboratory detection of resistance and assessment of organism relatedness
Associate Professor David Whiley, Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory
4:30 pm - 4:50 pmClosing
Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia

Friday 02/08/2013
7:30 am - 8:30 amRegistration
8:30 am - 10:20 amSession 1 : Introductory Session
Chairperson: Clare Nourse
Chairperson: Dr David Looke, Princess Alexandra Hospital
8:30 am - 8:40 amWelcome
Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
8:40am - 9:00 amThe bacterial armamentarium: Why gram negative bacilli are so evil
Professor Mark Schembri, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
9:00am - 9:20amWhat does multiresistance actually mean?
Dr Yohei Doi, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America
9:20am - 9:40 amMechanisms of resistance made simple and fun: Beta-lactamases
Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
9:40 am - 10:00 amMechanisms of resistance made simple and fun: Resistance to other classes
Associate Professor Anton Peleg, Staff Specialist in Infectious Diseases , Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
10:00 am - 10:20 amThe extent of resistance in Asia/Pacific
Professor John Turnidge, Molecular Biosciences Associate , The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia
10:20 am - 10:50 amMorning Tea and Poster Viewing
10:50 am - 12:30 pmSession 2: How did we get into this mess?
Chairperson: Alistair McGregor
Chairperson: Adrienne Torda
10:50 am - 11:10 amAre animals to blame?
Dr Ben Rogers, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
11:10 am - 11:30 amAre the airlines to blame?
Dr Joshua Freeman, Clinical Microbiologist, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
11:30 am - 11:50 amAre doctors to blame?
Dr Krispin Hajkowicz, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital
11:50 am - 12:10 pmAre drug companies to blame?
Dr David Grolman, Pfizer Australia & New Zealand
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmAre nursing homes to blame?
Dr Paul Ingram, Royal Perth Hospital
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pmSession 3: Round Table
Chairperson: Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmRound Table: How are we going to prevent a catastrophe?
Moderator: Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
Dr David Looke, Princess Alexandra Hospital
Dr Graeme Nimmo, Pathology Queensland
Chairperson: Dr Anthony Allworth, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Professor Matthew Cooper, University of Queensland
Dr Joe McCormack, Mater Hospital
Dr Susan Benson, Pathwest WA
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmRecommendations for the Control of Multidrug resistant Gram Negatives
Professor John Ferguson, Infection Prevention and Control, Hunter New England Health
3:00 pm - 3:30 pmAfternoon Tea and Poster Viewing
3:30 pm - 5:30 pmSession 4: Parrallel Session 1 - Microbiology
Chairperson: Petra Derrington
Chairperson: Jock Harkness		Session 5: Parrallel Session 2 - Infection Control
Chairperson: Mike Richards
Chairperson: Associate Professor Caroline Marshall, Royal Melbourne Hospital
3:30 pm - 3:50 pmBeta-lactamase production below the breakpoint: Is it clinically significant?
Associate Professor Anton Peleg, Staff Specialist in Infectious Diseases , Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia		Antibiotic Stewards: Partners in Infection Control
Dr Krispin Hajkowicz, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital
3:50 pm - 4:10 pmUpdate from EUCAST and CLSI
Professor John Turnidge, Molecular Biosciences Associate , The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia		The hospital environment as a source of resistant gram negatives
Dr Brett Mitchell, Tasmanian Infection Prevention and Control Unit
4:10 pm - 4:30 pmRapid Identification and Resistance assessment: The future is mass spectrometry
Dr Sanmarie Schlebusch, Mater Pathology		Should all patients with MDR gram negatives be in contact isolation?
Dr Joshua Freeman, Clinical Microbiologist, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
4:30 pm - 4:50 pmRapid Identification and Resistance assessment: The future is molecular diagnostics
Professor Jon Iredell, Physician and Microbiologist , Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia 		Round Table - Panel Discussion: What would you do with this case?
Moderator: Robyn Donnellan, District, CNC, Infection Prevention and Control Service for Mid North Coast and Northern NSW
Professor David McGechie, Pathwest Freemantle Hospital
Associate Professor Caroline Marshall, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Dr Joan Faogali, Princess Alexandra Hospital
4:50 pm - 5:10 pmScreening for carbapenem resistant organisms in rectal swabs
Dr Paul Ingram, Royal Perth Hospital
5:10 pm - 5:30 pmPractical experience with the NP test for carbapenemase production
Dr Kate McCarthy, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research

Saturday 03/08/2013
7:00 am - 8:00 amRegistration
8:00 am - 9:00 amSession 6: In a Bad Place
Chairperson: Tara Anderson
Chairperson: Craig Boutlis
8:00 am - 8:15 amXDR Gonococcus
Associate Professor David Whiley, Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory
8:15 am - 8:30 amMDR Gram negatives in Cystic fibrosis
Dr Anna Tai, School of Medicine, University of Queensland
8:30 am - 8:45 amTRUS biopsy related sepsis
Dr Deborah Williamson, Clinical Microbiologist, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
8:45 am - 9:00 amMDR Gram negatives in children
Dr Julia Clark, Royal Childrens Hospital Brisbane
9:00 am - 10:45 amSession 7: Treatment: Treating seriously ill patients in ICU
Chairperson: Nicole Gilroy
Dr Anthony Allworth, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
9:00 am - 9:15 amColistin - How should it be dosed for the critically ill?
Professor Roger Nation, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
9:15 am - 9:30 amThe importance of augmented renal clearance of antibiotics
Professor Jeffrey Lipman, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital
9:30 am - 9:45 amShould we be performing therapeutic drug monitoring in seriously ill patients with Gram negative infections?
Dr Jason Roberts, University of Queensland
9:45 am - 10:00 amAre continuous infusions of beta-lactam antibiotics useful? Results of the BLING RCT
Dr Joel Dulhunty, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital
10:00 am - 10:25 amApplying PK/PD principles in critically ill patients - optimising efficacy and reducing resistance development
Professor Johan Mouton, Radbound University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
10:25 am - 10:45 amWhen is combination Gram negative cover appropriate for critically ill patients?
Professor Anand Kumar, University of Manitoba
10:45 am - 11:15 amMorning Tea and Poster Viewing
11:15 am - 12:30 pmSession 8: Treatment: Old and new options
Chairperson: Professor David McGechie, Pathwest Freemantle Hospital
Chairperson: Kirsty Buising
11:15 am - 11:30 amFosfomycin, tigecycline, temocillin and pivmecillinam
Associate Professor Eugene Athan, Barwon Health, Geelong Hospital
11:30 am - 11:45 amNew beta-lactams and new beta-lactamase inhibitors
Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
11:45 am - 12:00 pmNew aminoglycosides
Dr Yohei Doi, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America
12:00 pm - 12:30 pmUsing your imagination to design new antibiotics
Professor Matthew Cooper, University of Queensland
12:30 pm - 1:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:50 pmSession 9: Treatment: Problem organisms
Chairperson: Dr Susan Benson, Pathwest WA
Chairperson: David Andresen
1:30 pm - 1:50 pmPseudomonas aeruginosa
Dr Kate McCarthy, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
1:50 pm - 2:10 pmCarbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
2:10 pm - 2:30 pmAcinetobacter
Dr Yohei Doi, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America
2:30 pm - 2:50 pmTMP/SMX resistant Stenotrophomonas, Achromobacter and Burkholderia
Dr Iain Abbott, Alfred Hospital
2:50 pm - 3:20 pmAfternoon Tea and Poster Viewing
3:20 pm - 3:50 pmSession 10: Special Lecture
Chairperson: Dr Ben Rogers, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
3:20 pm - 3:50 pmBurkholderia pseudomallei
Professor Bart Currie, Royal Darwin Hospital and Menzies School of Health Research
3:50 pm - 4:30 pmSession 11: Is there hope?
Chairperson: Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia
3:50 pm - 4:20 pmWill we have to rely on clean hands? Is there hope in revitalising the antibiotic pipeline?
Dr M. Lindsay Grayson, Director of the Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Departments, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
4:20 pm - 4:30 pmWrap up presentation
Professor David L. Paterson, Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Chairperson, ASID Gram Negative ‘Superbugs’ Meeting, QLD, Australia