Can Infectious Diseases Be Brought Under Control? - Symposium, Wednesday 30 January 2008, UK

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
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Article Date: 10 Oct 2007 - 5:00 PDT

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An important conference, The Control of Infectious Diseases: Virulence, Antibiotics and Bacterial Infection, is being held at the Society on Wednesday 30 January.

Infectious diseases account for more than 13 million deaths a year worldwide. The rapid spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria has led to major problems with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.

The World Health Organisation has stated that 'no population is more vulnerable to multi-drug resistance than those admitted to hospital wards'. This symposium is designed to examine the evolution of antibiotic resistance; current knowledge of bacterial virulence and infection and strategies being developed to tackle the threats posed by the emergence of hypervirulent, multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria.

The symposium will include talks on: Antibiotic drug discovery in the post-genomic age and The development of new anti-staphylococcal agents. It will be of interest to those working in the field of microbial infection and anti-infective agents, health care professionals, industrial researchers and academics.

Contact science@rpsgb.org for a programme, or to register visit this link.
The conference is being held jointly with the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

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