Official Journal of ASA
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ANAEROBE SOCIETY NEWS
ANAEROBE 2010 - PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
ANAEROBE 2010 -- to be held July 7-10, 2010 at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia, PA -- will consist of a Pre-Congress Workshop, 14 General Sessions featuring 55 presentations, and 120 Poster Presentations, presented in four poster sessions.
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ANAEROBE 2010 - REGISTRATION OPENS
Registration is open for ANAEROBE 2010. Early registration and hotel reservation discount ends June 1, 2010.
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ANAEROBE 2010 - RELMAN TO KEYNOTE
Dr. David Relman of Stanford University Medical School will be the Keynote Speaker at ANAEROBE 2010. His topic will be Clinical Implications of Disturbances in the Human Microbiome.
ANAEROBE 2010 - ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
The ANAEROBE 2010 Program Committee has announced that it will present its 2010 ASA Lifetime Achievement Awards to Dr. Dale Gerding and Diane Citron.
Dr. Gerding is Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at the Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, IL. He is known for his research on the epidemiology and prevention of Clostridium difficile disease, antimicrobial resistance, and antimicrobial distribution and kinetics.
Diane Citron is Associate Director of the R.M. Alden Research Laboratory in Santa Monica, CA. As one of the preeminent anaerobic bacteriologists in the United States, her broad range of research activities has included phenotypic, biochemical, and molecular identification of fastidious species, in vitro susceptibility testing, antimicrobial pharmacodynamic studies, and transport of clinical specimens. New species that she recognized and helped describe include Fusobacterium canifelinum, found in dog and cat bites in humans, Clostridium citroniae and C. aldenense. She is also known for conducting workshops on anaerobic identification and susceptibility techniques around the world.
ANAEROBES AT IDSA
The Anaerobe Society is sponsored an anaerobe session at the Infectious Disease Society of the Americas Meeting, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, in Philadelphia, PA USA:
Anaerobic Infections: What's New and What You Need to Know
Moderators: Cynthia Sears, M.D. and Stuart Johnson, M.D.
Presentations:
- The Capsule of Bacteroides fragilis (Laurie Comstock, Ph.D.)
- Molecular Methods to Find New Pathogens (David Fredricks, M.D.)
- Life-Threatening Clostridial Infections (Dennis Stevens, M.D.)
- Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance (David Hecht, M.D.)
CYNTHIA SEARS HONORED AT IDSA
Dr. Cynthia L. Sears, ASA President-Elect, was a featured speaker at at the Infectious Disease Society of the Americas Meeting, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, in Philadelphia, PA USA. Her topic was Bacteriodes frageilis and the Cancer Connection: A Rogue among Symbiotes.
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