18.04.2024
Virtual session: RSV vaccination and prevention: an update on recent progress
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
97 participants
RSV vaccination and prevention: an update on recent progress
2024
21.03.2024
Virtual session: ANRESIS, an update
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
124 participants
ANRESIS, an update
14.03.2024
Virtual session special: MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
Virtual lunch session special
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
138 participants
MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
14.03.2024
How do macrophages cope with many viruses and physically promote early tumor growth?
Kolloquium Infektiologie und Mikrobiologie
14 March 2024; 17:00-17:45
Kleiner Hörsaal Pathologie PATH C 22, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, 8091 Zürich; Universitätsspital Zürich
Teams: How do macrophages cope with many viruses and physically promote early tumor growth?
Philippe Benaroch, INSERM U932, Institut Curie, Paris
06.03.2024
Postgraduate Course SSI
Bern, SITEM-INSEL, Felix Frey Auditorium
Registration closed
73 participants
Programme, as of March 4, 2024
Tamò R: Early onset sepsis
Bisch J: Late onset sepsis
Jaboyedoff M: Exanthematous childhood diseases
Obama B: Acute otitis media, group A streptococcal pharyngitis, sinusitis and rationale use of antibiotics
Altermatt B: Upper & lower respiratory tract infection & community acquired pneumonia in young children
Dörr T: Vertical infection by intrauterine (type rubella) and peripartal (type hepatitis B) transmission
Martin Y: Vertical CMV infection
Magnenat E: Define catch-up vaccination plan in immigrants
Mayer F: Immunisation of children with co-morbidities
03.03.2024
CROI 2024
Denver, CO
Conference participation grant for up to 4 individuals
SAFE-ID will only cover air travel in Y-class
15.02.2024
Virtual session: Fever in the returning traveler
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
129 participants
Fever in the returning traveler
19.01.2024
33rd Challenge in Infectious Diseases
Engelberg, Kursaal
Registration closed, fully booked
179 participants
Programme, updated January 17, 2024
Sereti I., Immune activation in people with HIV
Perreau M., The role of lymph node dendritic cells in HIV persistence
Brander Ch., Therapeutic HIV vaccination
Lecuit M., How Listeria outsmarts the host
Hardt W. D., Pathophysiology of Salmonella infections - Food, inflammasomes, persistence, resistance
Dawson L., Novel targets for development of therapeutics to combat
Kanekiyo M., Structural Vaccinology for Influenza
Webby R. J., Recent spread and evolution of A(H5N1) influenza viruses
Urwyler P., Difficult to swallow - easy to digest?
Weller D., Riddles in Rigidity - Neurological deterioration after HSCT
Schöbi N., Big holes in a tiny baby
Vingerhoets S., Confused by confusion
Gagneux St, Epidemiology, Ecology and Evolution of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis
Van Crevel R., Host-pathogen interaction and immunotherapy in mycobacterial infections
Diacon A., Novel drugs for MDR TB treatment
Consiglio C. Deciphering sex differences in human immunity using systems immunology
Ingersoll M., Investigating mucosal immunity in the bladder
Terrier O., Respiratory co-infections: when the whole is greater than the sum
Soldati-Favre D., Parasite manipulation of predator fear
Bogdan Ch., Immunopathogenesis and novel treatment approaches
Chappuis F., Visceral leishmaniasis: epidemiological and clinical aspects
Sereti I., Immune activation in people with HIV
Perreau M., The role of lymph node dendritic cells in HIV persistence
Brander Ch., Therapeutic HIV vaccination
Lecuit M., How Listeria outsmarts the host - slides not available
Hardt W. D., Pathophysiology of Salmonella infections - Food, inflammasomes, persistence, resistance
Dawson L., Novel targets for development of therapeutics to combat
Kanekiyo M., Structural Vaccinology for Influenza
Webby R. J., Recent spread and evolution of A(H5N1) influenza viruses
Urwyler P., Difficult to swallow - easy to digest?
Weller D., Riddles in Rigidity - Neurological deterioration after HSCT
Schöbi N., Big holes in a tiny baby
Vingerhoets S., Confused by confusion
Gagneux St,, Epidemiology, Ecology and Evolution of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis
Gagneux St., webcast replies to audience questions
Van Crevel R., Host-pathogen interaction and immunotherapy in mycobacterial infections
Diacon A., Novel drugs for MDR TB treatment
Consiglio C. Deciphering sex differences in human immunity using systems immunology - slides not available
Ingersoll M., Investigating mucosal immunity in the bladder
Terrier O., Respiratory co-infections: when the whole is greater than the sum - slides not available
Soldati-Favre D., Parasite manipulation of predator fear
Bogdan Ch., Immunopathogenesis and novel treatment approaches
of cutaneous leishmaniasis - slides not available
Chappuis F., Visceral leishmaniasis: epidemiological and clinical aspects
2023
07.12.2023
17. Nordwestschweizer Infektiologie & Spitalhygiene Symposium
Universitätsspital Basel
Kleiner Hörsaal ZLF
Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel
Registration closed
Cassini: Perspectives on Antimicrobial Resistance
Weisser, Kaufmann, Berdajs: Endokarditis 2023: was ist neu
Wolfensberger: Prävention nosokomialer Pneumonien bei
nicht-intubierten Patienten
Team Klinik Infektiologie & Spitalhygiene: Publikationshighlights 2023
Neofytos: Current and future challenges in fungal diseases
Bassetti: Infektiologische Knacknüsse
Cassini: Perspectives on Antimicrobial Resistance
Weisser, Kaufmann, Berdajs: Endokarditis 2023: was ist neu
Wolfensberger: Prävention nosokomialer Pneumonien bei
Team Klinik Infektiologie & Spitalhygiene: Publikationshighlights 2023
Neofytos: Current and future challenges in fungal diseases
Bassetti: Infektiologische Knacknüsse
07.12.2023
Postgraduate virtual case: Let’s vaccinate (adults) – but who and when?
Postgraduate virtual case session
12:15-13:00
Registration closed
Participation limited to Swiss ID Fellows
Postgraduate virtual case: Let’s vaccinate (adults) – but who and when?
Speaker: Carla Walti, Basel University Hospital
Moderator: Michelle Baumann, Basel University Hospital
07.12.2023
Mycobacteria and antimicrobials: how do they fit?
Kolloquium Infektiologie und Mikrobiologie
7. Dezember 2023; 17:00-17:45
Kleiner Hörsaal Pathologie PATH C 22, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, 8091 Zürich; Universitätsspital Zürich
Teams: Mycobacteria and antimicrobials: how do they fit?
Prof. Dr. Emmanuelle Cambau, Hôpital Bichat – Claude Bernard, Paris
23.11.2023
Roads to invasive disease: the molecular basis of opportunistic pathogenicity in Staphylococcus epidermidis
Kolloquium Infektiologie und Mikrobiologie
23.11.2023; 17:00-17:45h
Kleiner Hörsaal Pathologie PATH C 22, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, 8091 Zürich; Universitätsspital Zürich
16.11.2023
Virtual session; If, when and how to use rifampicin in patients with PJI
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
129 participants
If, when and how to use rifampicin in patients with PJI
Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, University of Groningen, NL
Moderator: Barbara Hasse, Zurich University Hospital
02.11.2023
Postgraduate virtual case; Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent child
Postgraduate virtual case session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent child
Basilice Obama, Geneva University Hospital
Moderator: Hélène Buvelot, Geneva University Hospital
18.10.2023
19th European AIDS Conference Warsaw
19th European AIDS Conference Warsaw, Poland
Onsite participation only
Registration closed
12.10.2023
Virtual session; STI and current diagnostic and therapeutic concepts
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
92 participants
STI and current diagnostic and therapeutic concepts
Speaker: Dominique L. Braun, Zurich University Hospital
Moderator: Gilles Wandeler, Inselspital Berne
05.10.2023
Postgraduate virtual case: A fungal surprise
Postgraduate virtual case session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
A fungal surprise
Gauthiez Emeline, CHUV Lausanne
Moderator Florian Desgranges, CHUV Lausanne
13.09.2023
Postgraduate Course SSI
Zürich, Kongresshaus, Seezimmer 3&4
Registration closed
13:00 - 17:00h Postgraduate Course
17:30 - 18:30h SAFE-ID Special Session
18:45 - 19:30h Meet-the-Professor; Prof Judith Allen or Prof Jan-W Veening
73 participants
Vock I: Diagnosis and treatment of central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) - pathogen-/patient-specific approaches
Gauthiez E: Diagnosis and treatment of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) - when to treat bacteria in the urine?
Tamo R: Diagnosis and treatment of C.difficile infections? – old and new options
Gubler M: Contact isolation for patients with C.difficile infections? - PRO
Hirsch B: Contact isolation for patients with C.difficile infections? - CON
Gürtler N: New antibiotics against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria - mechanisms, spectrum and on-/off-label indications
Begré L: How to deal with presumed penicillin allergy in patients needing antibiotics?
Barda B: Therapeutic drug monitoring during antibiotic treatment? PRO
Weller D: Therapeutic drug monitoring during antibiotic treatment? CON
Bloch N: Diagnosis and empirical treatment of pulmonary invasive fungal infections in hem-onc patients
Cancela-Costa A: Imaging characteristics of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in neutropenia vs. corticosteroid-treatment vs. critically ill (ICU) patients
Erba A: Aspergilloma in lung parenchyma, bronchus and sinus
Monsalve L: The corticosteroid paradox: risk factor for invasive aspergillosis but beneficial adjunct treatment in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
Roth-Müller: Indication for retinal examination in candidemia - PRO
Musumeci S: Indication for retinal examination in candidemia - CON
Dörr T: Sino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis
Waldmann I: Cutaneous manifestations of invasive fungal infections
Tamo R: Diagnosis and treatment of C.difficile infections? – old and new options
Gubler M: Contact isolation for patients with C.difficile infections? - PRO
Hirsch B: Contact isolation for patients with C.difficile infections? - CON
Begré L: How to deal with presumed penicillin allergy in patients needing antibiotics?
Barda B: Therapeutic drug monitoring during antibiotic treatment? PRO
Weller D: Therapeutic drug monitoring during antibiotic treatment? CON
Erba A: Aspergilloma in lung parenchyma, bronchus and sinus
Roth-Müller: Indication for retinal examination in candidemia - PRO
Musumeci S: Indication for retinal examination in candidemia - CON
Dörr T: Sino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis
Waldmann I: Cutaneous manifestations of invasive fungal infections
13.09.2023
SAFE-ID Special Session @ Annual Meeting SSI
Kongresshaus Zürich
17:30 - 19:00
Registration: Closed
60 participants
Judith Allen: Type 2 cytokines in helminth immunity & Tissue repair
Jan-Willem Veening: A conserved antigen induces protection against pneumococcal superinfection
Followed by aperitif
17.08.2023
BK Polyomavirus – One virus, three signature diseases, and what should be done about it
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
88 participants
BK Polyomavirus – One virus, three signature diseases, and what should be done about it
10.08.2023
Postgraduate virtual case: The diagnostic odyssey: an infectious disease clinical case
Postgraduate virtual case session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
The diagnostic odyssey: an infectious disease clinical case
Speaker: Mikaël Tognon, Geneva University Hospital
Moderator: Annabelle Roth-Müller, Geneva University Hospital
23.07.2023
12th IAS conference Brisbane virtual
12th IAS conference on HIV Science
Brisbane, Australia
online participation only
Registration closed
09.06.2023 - 10.06.2023
32nd Challenge in Infectious Diseases
Engelberg, Kursaal
Registration closed
158 participants
Programme as of May 31, 2023
Hensley S. E., Multivalent mRNA-based influenza vaccines
Miller M. S., Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines
Karron R. A., Progress in RSV vaccines
Kline K., Colonization, biofilm formation and virulence in Enterococcus faecalis
Henriques Normark B., Host-pathogen interaction in Streptococcus pneumoniae infections
Miro J. M., Novel therapies of endocarditis
Burgener A.-V., Septic shock with severe thrombocytopenia in a pregnant woman
Ihle V., A case of disseminated nocardiosis after checkpoint inhibition
Colin-Benoit E., Febrile diarrhea
Desgranges F., A train can hide another - Season 2
Chedid M., A typical sinus fungal infection in non immunocompromised
Brakhage A., Fungal immune evasion and host-pathogen interactions - new concepts for therapy
Wheeler R., Candida-innate immune interactions
Verweij P., Drug resistance and tolerance in fungi
Khanna N., New antifungal therapies on the horizon
Maini M. K., New insights into immunopathogenesis of hepatitis B
Urban S., Hepatitis D virus in 2023: virology, pathogenesis and new treatment approaches
Sáez-Cirión A., Reprogramming dysfunctional CD8+ T-cells in HIV infection
Schmeltz Søgaard O., The role of bNAbs in HIV curative strategies
Debyser Z., Towards a Functional Cure of HIV-1: Insight Into the Chromatin Landscape of the Provirus
Berger Ch., Zinkernagel A., Invasive Group A Streptococcal infections, what's going on?
Hensley S. E., Multivalent mRNA-based influenza vaccines
Miller M. S., Respiratory mucosal delivery of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines
Karron R. A., Progress in RSV vaccines
Stocker R., Combining single-cell imaging and artificial intelligence for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing in 90 minutes - slides not available
Kline K., Colonization, biofilm formation and virulence in Enterococcus faecalis
Henriques Normark B., Host-pathogen interaction in Streptococcus pneumoniae infections - slides not available
Miro J. M., Novel therapies of endocarditis
Burgener A.-V., Septic shock with severe thrombocytopenia in a pregnant woman
Ihle V., A case of disseminated nocardiosis after checkpoint inhibition
Colin-Benoit E., Febrile diarrhea
Desgranges F., A train can hide another - Season 2
Chedid M., A typical sinus fungal infection in non immunocompromised diabetic patient
Brakhage A., Fungal immune evasion and host-pathogen interactions - new concepts for therapy
Wheeler R., Candida-innate immune interactions
Verweij P., Drug resistance and tolerance in fungi
Khanna N., New antifungal therapies on the horizon
Maini M. K., New insights into immunopathogenesis of hepatitis B
Urban S., Hepatitis D virus in 2023: virology, pathogenesis and new treatment approaches
Sáez-Cirión A., Reprogramming dysfunctional CD8+ T-cells in HIV infection
Schmeltz Søgaard O., The role of bNAbs in HIV curative strategies
Debyser Z., Towards a Functional Cure of HIV-1: Insight Into the Chromatin Landscape of the Provirus
Berger Ch., Zinkernagel A., Invasive Group A Streptococcal infections, what's going on?
01.06.2023
Postgraduate virtual case: CMV – still a major challenge
Postgraduate virtual case session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
Postgraduate virtual case: CMV – still a major challenge
Speaker: Claudine Reiber, Zurich University Hospital
Moderator: Tilman Obenhuber, Zurich University Hospital
25.05.2023
Vaccination in immunocompromised patients
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
83 participants
Vaccination in immunocompromised patients
Prof. Arnaud Didierlaurent, Geneva University Hospital
Moderator Irene Abela, Zurich University Hospital
04.05.2023
Postgraduate virtual case: Febrile
Postgraduate virtual case session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
Postgraduate virtual case: Febrile
Speaker: Lukas Baumann, Inselspital
Moderator: Martin Gubler, Inselspital
20.04.2023
Delafloxacin from bench to bed compared to older fluoroquinolones: potency, drawbacks and possible clinical applications
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
106 participants
Delafloxacin from bench to bed compared to older fluoroquinolones: potency, drawbacks and possible clinical applications
06.04.2023
Postgraduate virtual case: Continuous S. aureus – bacteremia – what are the therapeutic options?
Postgraduate virtual case session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
Continuous S. aureus – bacteremia – what are the therapeutic options?
Speaker: Michelle Baumann, Basel University Hospital
Moderator: Carla Walti
16.03.2023
Disease heterogeneity in COVID-19: an interferon paradox?
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
98 participants
Disease heterogeneity in COVID-19: an interferon paradox?