International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)

🌟ISAC's free resources🌟 At the end of World AMR Awareness Week, we take this opportunity to thank our Member Societies, colleagues and every organisation who hosted such informative events and shared their resources to really turn the spotlight on AMR and its global consequences. The variety of events and high-level of involvement from stakeholders, including the public, was impressive and testament that the issue is getting the recognition that is needed. Of course, there is much work to be done but with so many organisations focussed on combatting AMR, we are sure the momentum will continue. To evidence ISAC and APUA's commitment to the issue, we are pleased to share a round-up of our recent activities, all of which are freely available. DOWNLOAD THE BOOKLET FOR FREE⬇ https://lnkd.in/eyt68q9u #pathogens #superbugs #infectiousdisease #clinicalmicro #healthcare #antibioticresistance #antibiotics #antimicrobialstewardship #antimicrobialresistance #antimicrobials #clinicalmicrobiology #globalhealth #publichealth #WAAW2024 Souha Kanj, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FRCP, FESCMID, FECMM Heiman WertheimJinxin Zhao Andreas Voss Fatma Amer DR ABDUL GHAFUR Mamoon Al Deyab Linus Ndegwa David Jenkins David Lye ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) Radboudumc Community for Infectious Diseases (RCI) The International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) AMR Industry Alliance AMR Alliance Rwanda Infection Control Academy of India (IFCAI) Infection Control Africa Network ICAN AMR Industry Alliance

🌟Meet the Awardee | ISAC Project Grants🌟 With the call for applications opening soon, we are delighted to share details of the awarded projects from the previous call. Delly Chipta Lestari "Comparison of serogroup distribution and antimicrobial resistance profile of Neisseria meningitidis among adolescents and elderly before and after meningococcal vaccination in Indonesia" Delly C. Lestari has been serving as faculty member and researcher at the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia since 2010. She is a certified consultant of clinical microbiology at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, the national reference hospital in Jakarta. She has involved in various multidisciplinary projects with Indonesian academia and international collaborators. Her research area mainly focused on fastidious bacteria, antimicrobial resistance, and metagenomic analysis. Recently elected as one of Fleming Fund Professional Fellows, she is taking advantage of her practical and theoretical expertise to tackle antimicrobial resistance through One Health approach in developing countries. Delly is a member of the Indonesian Society for Clinical Microbiology (PAMKI), an ISAC Member Society. Applications for the next call will be invited from 1 April 2025 https://lnkd.in/eUTbTqPQ ISAC Project Grants are exclusively available to applicants from ISAC Member Societies - if your society of not already affiliated with ISAC, find out how you can join for free⬇ https://lnkd.in/ebEQjRcu #globalhealth #infections #antimicrobialresistance #antibioticresistance #healthcare #antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases #multidrugresistance #clinicalmicrobiology #superbugs #antibiotics #publichealth #bacteria #antimicrobialstewardship #onehealth #zoonoses #projectgrant #pathogens #infectioncontrol

📢Meet the speaker Antimicrobial stewardship in critical care units 📆3 April 🕰11.00 CET Dr Jeroen Schouten is internist and intensivist and a senior researcher at Radboudumc in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Jeroen Schouten earned a PhD in Infectious Diseases and Implementation Science and has been involved in qualitative research with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship ever since. As senior researcher, he has performed numerous studies on understanding and improving hospital antimicrobial use. He is experienced in qualitative and quantitative research methods and has been involved in many (inter)national initiatives to improve antibiotic prescribing (e.g. ESCMID, ECDC, ISAC, WHO). He heads the Radboudumc Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) and is course director of the Dutch Masterclass for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Expert consultancy, an International program that focuses on the step wise implementation of AMS activities in healthcare institutions. (www.dutchAMS.com) He is currently chair at ESGAP (ESCMID Study Group of Antimicrobial Stewardship) and coordinates the ESCMID Certificate European Training Program for Antimicrobial Stewardship. He is also a member of the The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) Board. REGISTER⬇ https://lnkd.in/eMmVRcVw #infectioncontrol #bacteria #pathogens #superbugs #infectiousdisease #clinicalmicro #healthcare #antibioticresistance #antibiotics #antimicrobialstewardship #antimicrobialresistance #antimicrobials #fungalinfection #clinicalmicrobiology #globalhealth #publichealth #pharmacology #bacterialinfection

Great to see the abstracts from the 33rd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ICC) have been published in ISAC journal, the Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (JGAR). Well done to everyone whose abstract made it into the book, in particular our award winners. Download the supplement: https://lnkd.in/ekmcZHM3 #antimicrobialresistance #infectiousdiseases #globalhealth #publichealth #JGAR

🌟Meet the Awardee | ISAC Project Grants🌟 With less than two weeks until the next call for applications, we are delighted to share details of the awarded projects from the previous call. "Wenyi Li - Advancing antifungal combination therapies" Dr Wenyi Li is an NHMRC Investigator (Emerging Leadership Level 1) and Senior Lecturer in Chemical Biology at the Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe University, Melbourne. His research projects mainly focus on the development of antimicrobials to combat nosocomial infections by using his chemical biology expertise and skillset. By fostering an active collaborative research network, Dr Li has obtained several outstanding successful grants, including 1 CIA NHMRC Investigator EL1 grant and 1 CI NHMRC Ideas Grant, as well as CIA Ramaciotti Health Investment Grant. Dr Li obtained his Bachelor and Master degree from Lanzhou University, China, and received his doctoral degree from The University of Melbourne. After two postdoctoral training with Prof Christian Hackenberger at Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, he relocated to La Trobe University to start his research group by focusing chemical biology and peptide chemistry for novel drug discovery. Wenyi is a member of ISAC Member Society Australian Society for Antimicrobials We look forward to seeing the results of this exciting project in due course. Applications for the next call will be invited from 1 April 2025 ⬇ https://lnkd.in/erkUG46 ISAC Project Grants are exclusively available to applicants from ISAC Member Societies - if your society of not already affiliated with ISAC, find out how you can join for free⬇ https://lnkd.in/ebEQjRcu #globalhealth #infections #antimicrobialresistance #antibioticresistance #healthcare #antimicrobials #infectiousdiseases #multidrugresistance #clinicalmicrobiology #superbugs #antibiotics #publichealth #bacteria #antimicrobialstewardship #onehealth #zoonoses #projectgrant #pathogens #infectioncontrol #fungalinfection #fungal

🌟WE ARE LIVE🌟 Emerging and re-emerging infections among migrants 📆18 March 🕰14.00 CET Join Professor Androulla Efstratiou to hear her important lecture on "Diphtheria and other vaccine preventable infections among refugees". You can still join the session and ask your questions⬇ https://lnkd.in/gVTMZ-F2 #infectioncontrol #bacteria #pathogens #superbugs #infectiousdisease #clinicalmicro #healthcare #antibioticresistance #antibiotics #antimicrobialstewardship #antimicrobialresistance #antimicrobials #clinicalmicrobiology #globalhealth #publichealth #vaccine #tuberculosis

🌟WE ARE LIVE🌟 Emerging and re-emerging infections among migrants 📆18 March 🕰14.00 CET Dr Aula Abbara is presenting an excellent lecture on "Drug resistant tuberculosis among refugees & migrants". You can still join the session and ask your questions⬇ https://lnkd.in/gVTMZ-F2 #infectioncontrol #bacteria #pathogens #superbugs #infectiousdisease #clinicalmicro #healthcare #antibioticresistance #antibiotics #antimicrobialstewardship #antimicrobialresistance #antimicrobials #clinicalmicrobiology #globalhealth #publichealth #vaccine #tuberculosis

🌟Happening today🌟 Emerging and re-emerging infections among migrants 📆18 March 🕰14.00 CET Forced mass population movement exposes refugees to many hazards including the harm of life-threatening infections. Refugees are frequently compelled to shelter in overcrowded accommodation, putting them at risk of airborne pathogens. ISAC welcomes you to join a webinar that focuses on respiratory infectious diseases in refugees, providing insight into the epidemiology, prevention, and management of important pathogens. Dr Androulla Efstratiou, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Diphtheria & Streptococcal Infections, UK Health Security Agency, will talk about diphtheria and other vaccine preventable diseases, while Dr Aula Abbara, a consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, London, who has worked in many humanitarian and refugee settings in the Middle East, will review drug resistant tuberculosis among refugees and migrants. This is a highly recommended opportunity to listen to and ask questions of two leading experts in this important clinical area and we look forward to you joining us for the session. REGISTER FOR FREE⬇ https://lnkd.in/gVTMZ-F2 #infectioncontrol #bacteria #pathogens #superbugs #infectiousdisease #clinicalmicro #healthcare #antibioticresistance #antibiotics #antimicrobialstewardship #antimicrobialresistance #antimicrobials #clinicalmicrobiology #globalhealth #publichealth #vaccine #tuberculosis

🌟Meet the moderators🌟 Emerging and re-emerging infections among migrants 📆18 March 🕰14.00 CET PROF. DAVID JENKINS Prof. David Jenkins is a consultant medical microbiologist and infection prevention specialist and Treasurer of ISAC. He is past President of BSAC. David has served as lead infection prevention doctor at University Hospitals of Leicester for over 20 years. He is also his Trust’s lead doctor for antimicrobial stewardship. In addition, Dr Jenkins is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in infection at the University of Leicester Medical School. He is engaged in research in antimicrobial stewardship and was a co-investigator on an antibiotic prescribing behaviour research project funded by the Economics and Social Research Council, looking at prescribing practice in the UK, South Africa and Sri Lanka. He also took part in a study investigating antimicrobial use and resistance in Cape Verde. PROF. REGINA BERRBA Prof. Regina Berba is the Chairperson of the Hospital Infection Control Unit of the Philippines General Hospital. She also chairs the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and is a member of ISAC's Executive Committee. Dr Berba is an infectious diseases specialist and is the head of the UP-PRIME TB DOTS and the UP Leptospirosis Taskforce. She also serves as the Section Head for the Infectious Disease Section of The Medical City.". Join our expert panellists tomorrow and hear what they have to say on this timely and important topic. REGISTER FOR FREE⬇ https://lnkd.in/gVTMZ-F2 #tuberculosis #bacteria #pathogens #infectioncontrol #Infectionprevention #superbugs #infectiousdisease #antibiotics #antimicrobialresistance #antimicrobials #clinicalmicrobiology #globalhealth #publichealth #migrants #infections

🌟Last chance to complete Candida Auris survey🌟 Circulated on behalf of the Infection Prevention & Control Working Group and the Fungal Infections Working Group of the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) As you all know, Candida auris is a global threat, posing a challenge to our patients, but also to our diagnostic and infection control capabilities. We would like to ask you to participate in a survey on this pathogen. TOPICS * General information * Screening and sampling * Surveillance * Laboratory methods * Contact precautions * Environment * Transfer * Outbreak PURPOSE The purpose of this survey is to: * Get an overview of current practices; * Determine the need for (more) guidelines. * Results will be used for publication. By filling in this survey, you agree that results will be used for this purpose. Results will be presented anonymously. INSTRUCTIONS We ask Working Group members and other enthusiastic colleagues to complete the survey, but only one per institute will be included. The survey will take approximately 15 - 20 minutes to complete. All participants will receive a copy of the anonymised report summarising the key findings of the survey, and will be included as co-author in a “group”. Deadline: 17 March 2025 COMPLETE SURVEY⬇ https://lnkd.in/efsaAfdP Shared on behalf of: Martin Kiernan, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Regina Berba, Juliëtte Severin, Andreas Voss On behalf of the ISAC Infection Prevention & Control Working Group Abhijit Bal, Eelco Meijer On behalf of the ISAC Fungal Infections Working Group #fungalinfection #Candidaauris #infectioncontrol #Infectionprevention #pathogens #superbugs #infectiousdisease #clinicalmicro #healthcare #clinicalmicrobiology #globalhealth #publichealth