Straubing / Germany, November 2007
Dear Friends,
International Journal
of Antimicrobial Agents (IJAA): New subscription rates
We have some exciting news about new, reduced rates for any members of
ISC member-societies who wish to subscribe to the International Journal
of Antimicrobial Agents. From January 2008, everybody who belongs
to a member society in a low income country can take advantage of a subscription
of 60 Euros per year. The rate for member societies in all other parts
of the world is 84 Euros per year. If you would like to know more about
this offer, please contact the ISC office at isc@abdn.ac.uk
We encourage you to submit manuscripts to the journal electronically
via the journal's Author Gateway http://ees.elsevier.com/ijaa/
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5th Global Prevalence Study on Nosocomial UTI in Urology (GPIU 2007) Together with other scientific societies, ISC is once again supporting the GPIU Study 2007. Urologists in cooperation with ID specialist and Clinical Microbiologist are encouraged to take part in this study. |
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More than 16 000 urology patients have been screened for nosocomial urinary tract infections (NAUTI) in the former 4 studies (2003-2006). Two papers have already been published with the names of all investigators
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The GPIU study 2007 is a one-day prevalence study. It is internet based and will investigate the prevalence of UTI and SSI in hospitalised urology patients
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GPIU-investigators will receive EU-ACME credit points
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The study protocol and patient forms can be downloaded from the internet.
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Study days are in November 13-15, 20-22 or 27-29, 2007. The exact participation days can be chosen by each urology department.
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26th ICC, Toronto, Canada, June 2009 The final deadline for programme proposals for the next International Congress of Chemotherapy is 1st December 2007. This is also the deadline for ISC member-societies to propose their candidate for the International Advisory Committee. For further information on both of these topics, contact the joint Chair of the Programme Committee; M. Joffe (mjoffe@ualberta.ca) |
Professor Kurt G. Naber
President of ISC
kurt.naber@nabers.de