UTI Revisited - Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of UTI

Event Description

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are the most common bacterial infections in humans and standardized approach to the diagnosis and treatment of these infections has high priority in patient management. The course will discuss the basic guidelines on the management of UTI and deal with challenges in diagnostics and therapy of UTI in different patient populations through lectures and interactive case presentations. In a view of increasing antimicrobial resistance, the course will also give insights in the importance of the detection of resistance mechanisms, and the impact of antimicrobial stewardship and infection control and prevention programs in the field of UTI.

Intended audience:

Clinical Microbiologists, Microbiologists, Infectious Diseases Doctors, Clinicians involved in the treatment of UTI, Clinical Pharmacists.

Objectives:

• Understand the state-of-the-art and Evidence-based guidelines for diagnosing and treating urinary tract infections (UTIs).
• Apply clinical reasoning to solve patient cases involving UTIs.
• Identify epidemiologically and clinically significant antibiotic resistance mechanisms and understand how to detect them in UTI cases.
• Gain familiarity with antimicrobial stewardship practices and infection prevention and control programs related to UTIs.

Course coordinator:

Iva Butic
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases
Zagreb, Croatia

Organisers:

ESGARS - Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
Croatian Medical Association 
Croatian Society for Clinical Microbiology - Section for Antibiotic Resistance

Accreditation:

The ESCMID Education team will apply for accreditation to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®)

Certification:

Course organisers will monitor attendance. Only participants attending live sessions will be able to receive the certification.

Course Venue:

Hotel Valamar Lacroma
Iva Dulcica 34 Street
Dubrovnik, Croatia

Accommodation:

Not Included
 

Registration Fees