Industry Symposia
| Thursday, October 7, 12:50–13:50 |
| Room: Marmorna Hall, ground floor |
| The role of STIMULAN® as a local antibiotic carrier in complex infected bone and soft tissue cases |
| Agenda |
| Understanding the enemy – Resistance and Persistence |
| Clinical challenges in resolving implant-related infections |
| The importance of local antibiotic carriers |
| The relevance of antibiograms and breakpoints in the context of local antibiotic carriers |
| Antibiotic resistance: are we fighting a futile battle against a more patient and powerful enemy? |
| Speaker |
| PD Dr. med. Andrej Trampuz, Head of Infectiology and Septic Surgery at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| Thursday, October 7, 12:50–13:50 |
| Room: Urška, 2nd floor |
| Syndromic Testing for the Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis and Prosthetic Joint Infections: the BioFire® Joint Infection Panel* |
| Agenda |
| Welcome Remarks A Preview of the BioFire® Joint Infection (JI) Panel* How Can Rapid Syndromic Testing Help in the Diagnosis of Joint Infections? Questions and Answers |
| Speakers |
| Dr. Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker – Internist-infectiologist - University Medical Center Groningen (Groningen - The Netherlands) |
| Prof. Frédéric Laurent – Medical Microbiologist - Hôspital de La Croix Rousse (Lyon - France) |
| Dr. Sébastien Spinali – Vice President EME Medical Affairs - bioMérieux (Lyon - France) |
| Dr. Bart Kensinger – Associate Director Clinical Affairs - BioFire Diagnostics, a bioMérieux Company (Salt Lake City (UT) - USA) |
| Dr. Jaime Esteban – Associate Physician of the Department of Clinical Microbiology - Fundación Jiménez Diaz (Madrid - Spain) |
| *Investigational use only. Not intended for diagnostic procedure. Not available for sale. Under review by the FDA, panel menu subject to change |
| Friday, 8 October, 12:35-13:35 |
| Room: Marmorna Hall, ground floor |
| Improving the patient experience of bone infection - Get it right the first time |
| Agenda |
| Welcome and introduction to the Oxford experience |
| Case presentations |
| Panel discussions and questions from the audience |
| Summary and take home messages |
| Speakers |
| Panel |
| Prof. Martin McNally, Lead Consultant in Limb Reconstruction Surgery, Oxford Bone Infection Unit in the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, UK |
| Dr. Rik Osinga, Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at Universitätsspital Basel |
| Dr. Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Infectious Disease Specialist, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University of Groningen |
| Case presenters |
| Dr. Claes Olsen, MD Specialist, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg |
| Dr. med. Nikolai Spranger, Managing Senior Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, BG Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin |
| Mr. Jamie Ferguson, Consultant in Limb Reconstruction Surgery and Trauma, Oxford Bone Infection Unit and Oxford Trauma Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, UK |
