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Annual General Meeting Sat 24 March 2012 at ASM
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ASID incorporated with Office of Fair Trading, NSW
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Invitation to participate in CAMERA clinical trial (Combination Antibiotics for Methicillin Resistant S. aureus)

On behalf of the ASID CRN (Clinical Research Network), we are seeking new sites to participate in an ongoing randomised controlled trial, CAMERA (Combination Antibiotics for MEthicillin Resistant staph Aureus), in patients with MRSA bacteraemia.

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Invitation to participate in CAMERA clinical trial (Combination Antibiotics for Methicillin Resistant S. aureus)

On behalf of the ASID CRN (Clinical Research Network), we are seeking new sites to participate in an ongoing randomised controlled trial, CAMERA (Combination Antibiotics for MEthicillin Resistant staph Aureus), in patients with MRSA bacteraemia.

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ASID ASM 2012 Registration now open
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Ben Howden wins award at ICAAC
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CDC Releases Guidance for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings

A useful summary guide of minimum expectations for safe care in outpatient settings.

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AICA Consultative Round 4 – Open Community Consultation''

Please see the web link (Consultative Steering Committee website) if you wish to participate in this consultation round.

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Antibiotic resistance is an emerging threat to public health: an urgent call to action at the Antimicrobial Resistance Summit 2011
Read the report of the recent Antimicrobial Resistance Summit, published in the MJA. Read More...
     

Welcome

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases, ASID Inc. is an independent organisation,
founded in Melbourne in 1976 by an eminent group of physicians, pathologists and
scientists. The aim of the society is to advance postgraduate education in
infectious diseases in Australasia and internationally; to promote research in all
aspects of infectious diseases and to advocate for sound and evidence based
public health policy in matters related to infectious diseases. Membership
encompasses Infectious Diseases Physicians, Clinical Microbiologists, Scientists,
Infection Control Practitioners, Public Health Physicians, Sexual Health Physicians,
Veterinarians and others eminent in the field of infectious diseases. ASID has
constituted several Special Interest Groups which bring together members with
interests in Paediatric infections, Hospital Infection Control, Mycology and Viral
Hepatitis. It has also recently established a clinical trials network and a guidelines
subcommittee.

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Is there an association between low cord blood Vitamin D and subsequent risk of RSV in the first year of life?

Mirjam E. Belderbos, Michiel L. Houben, Berry Wilbrink, Eef Lentjes, Eltje M. Bloemen, Jan L. L. Kimpen, Maroeska Rovers, and Louis Bont Pediatrics 2011; 127:6 e1513-e1520

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Standard definitions of antimicrobial resistance proposed

A group of international experts have proposed standard defintions for multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2011.

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Detection of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Organisms from Rectal Swabs by Use of Selective Media Prior to a Transrectal Prostate Biopsy
Presents a method using selective broth on rectal swabs to screen for quinolone-resistant organisms. These were isolated from 22% of the study group. Liss MA. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Mar;49(3):1116-8 Read More...
Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children under 2 years of age
Hoberman et al, NEJM 2011:364(2):105-15 Read More...
A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media
Tahtinen et al NEJM 2011;364:116-26 Read More...
     

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