 Committee
Introduction
Aims of the Working Group
Work Plan
Work Packages
Meetings
| Committee |
|
| Honorary Chairperson |
Henri A Verbrugh
professor and chair department Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Erasmus University Medical Center
‘s-Gravendijkwal 230
Rotterdam , 3015 CE
The Netherlands
Tel: + 31-10-7033510
Fax: +31-10-7033875
E-Mail: h.a.verbrugh@erasmusmc.nl |
| Honorary Secretary |
Ian
M. Gould
Medical Microbiology
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
Scotland, UK AB25 2ZN
Tel: +44 1224 554954
FaX: +44 1224 550632
E-Mail: i.m.gould@abdn.ac.uk |
| Honorary Treasurer |
Peter Appelbaum (USA) |
| Committee
Members |
Wolfgang Witte (Germany)
Jaana Vuopio-Varkila (Finland)
Robert Skov (Denmark)
Fred Tenover USA)
Po-Ren Hsueh (Taiwan)
Paul Tambyah (Singapore)
Evalina Tacconelli (Italy)
Barry Cookson (UK)
Cristoph Naber (Germany)
George Peters (Germany)
Graeme Nimmo (Australia)
Atef Shible (Saudi Arabia)
Marc Struelens (Belgium)
Pierre Vaudaux (France) |
Introduction
Multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a scourge of health services around the world. While not new - the first methicillin-resistant cases were discovered within a year of marketing this drug in 1961 and in the 1950s streptomycin / tetracycline resistant strains were problematic - it continues to evolve with new super-antigen and toxin-laden strains arising de novo in the community and causing great concern because of high transmissibility and occasional mortality.
There is little doubt that, for many countries, MRSA is the major emerging infectious disease of concern, particularly in the healthcare setting. The societal cost in the UK alone has been estimated at over £10 billion/year. The organism has a unique ability to colonise, evolve, invade tissues causing a huge variety of primary and opportunist infections, survive in the environment and spread from patient to patient, often via healthcare staff or formites. Recent elucidation of the genome of a virulent CAMRSA, USA 300, demonstrates the potential genetic diversity and prospects for further increases in pathogenicity, virulence and antibiotic resistance.
Aims
of the Working Group
To foster international exchange of ideas and new research
into all aspects of MRSA with a view to discovering the best
control strategies.
Work
Plan
1. To organise an annual workshop on MRSA.
2. To organise occasional PG educational meetings on MRSA.
3. To encourage submission of original research to the International
Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.
4. To apply for research grants.
Work
Packages
Paul
Tambyah
Vincent Jarlier |
Register
of hospitals using PCR for admission screening |
Angela Kearns
Marina
Morgan |
Register
of cases of PVL pneumonia
|
Moyssis Lelekis
S. Tsiodras
|
Register of cases of PVL necrotising SSTI |
Peter
Applebaum
Stefani Stefani
Po-ren
Hsueh |
Detection
of glycopeptide resistance
|
| Evalina
Tacconeli |
Risk assessment for MRSA |
| Barry
Cookson |
Collaboration with ESGNI on Questionnaire
|
| Christoph
Naber |
Liaison with ISC WG on Infective Endocarditis |
| Stephanie
Dancer |
Hospital
cleaning and disinfection |
| Vincent
Jarlier |
Surveillance |
| Wolfgang
Witte |
Strain registry |
Andrea
Novelli
Francesco Scaglioni |
PK/PD of new anti staphylococcal agents |
Meetings
The ISC Working Group on MRSA has (co-)organized the following
meetings and symposia:
| March
2007 |
Symposium: “Update on MRSA” at the 25th
ICC / 17th ECCMID, Munich, Germany |
| April 2008 |
2nd ISC European Conference on Bloodstream Infections, Sitges, Spain |
| September
2008 |
International
Symposium for Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infection,
Cairns, Australia |
| November 2008 |
European Congress of Chemotherapy, Istanbul, Turkey |
| December 2008 |
11th Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases (WPCCID), Taipei, Taiwan |
| April 2009 |
3rd ISC European Conference on Bloodstream Infections, Naples, Italy |
| June 2009 |
Postgraduate Educational Meeting on Skin and Soft Tissue Infections, Capri, Italy |
| June 2009 |
26th International Congress of Chemotherapy, Toronto, Canada |
Note: We had a very successful first symposium organised by the Working Group at the ICC / ECCMID in Munich in 2007, with over 400 in attendance. Fewer people turned up at the first business meeting but decisions were taken to set up some sub-groups, organise a DMS meeting (probably in Edinburgh) and to set up the work packages above.
For further information on ISC meetings
go to:
ISC Future
Meetings
ISC Past
Meetings
Last edition:
mai 10, 2008
|
2008
