ASID 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting: Draft Program

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1 12.00pm 6.00pm 12.30pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 3.30pm Registration, Foyer Area SIG Business Meeting: Healthcare Infection Control (HICSIG) SIG Symposium 1: Paediatrics (ANZPID) WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH SIG Symposium 2: Healthcare Infection Control (HICSIG) Chairs: Asha Bowen & Brendan McMullan Neonatal Sepsis in Resource Limited Settings Elizabeth Molyneux, Paediatric Department, College of Medicine, Malawi New Technology in the Micro Lab and what it Means for Paediatrics Meryta May, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Lady Cilento Children s Hospital, Brisbane Kingella Kingae in Young Children: We Need to Look Harder Tony Walls, Christchurch School of Medicine University of Otago A Hot Topic in Viruses Brett Ritchie, Women s and Children s Hospital, Adelaide; Royal Adelaide Hospital A Hot Topic in Paediatric Antifungal Prophylaxis Adam Bartlett, UNSW School of Women's and Children's Health, Sydney Children's Hospital A Hot Topic in Parasitology Hazel Dobinson, Lady Cilento Hospital, Brisbane, QLD Q&A Chairs: Andrew Stewardson & Kate Clezy Overview of Mycobacterium Chimaera and Heater Cooler Units Allen Cheng, Alfred Health Mycobacterium Chimaera: An Australian Case and Clinical Aspects Evan Bursle, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, University of Queensland Infection control Belinda Henderson, Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) Laboratory Perspective Chris Coulter, Queensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory; WHO Collaborating Centre in Tuberculosis Bacteriology; Supra National Reference Laboratory; Pathology Queensland; Health Support Queensland 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.00pm 5.30pm 3.18pm 3.30 Afternoon Tea, Pre Function Area Plenary 1: Zika Virus Chairs: Mark Ferson & Katie Flanagan Zika Virus: A Complicated Re Emerging Infection Dominic Dwyer, NSW Health Pathology; Pathology West, Westmead Hospital The Zika Pandemic: Progress and Challenges in Response and Prevention Simon Pollett, Viral Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA Mosquitoes and Zika: The Devilish Details that Drive Disease Risk Down Under Cameron Webb, NSW Health Pathology and University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital Panel Discussion Allen Cheng, Alfred Health Evan Bursle, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, University of Queensland Belinda Henderson, Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) Chris Coulter, Queensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory; WHO Collaborating Centre in Tuberculosis Bacteriology; Supra National Reference Laboratory; Pathology Queensland; Health Support Queensland Marilyn Cruickshank, Director National Healthcare Associated Infection Program Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Program subject to change without prior notice from Organisers program correct at 27/03/2017 1

2 5.30pm 7.00pm Zika Virus: Congenital Infection Meryta May, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology; Lady Cilento Children s Hospital, Brisbane Welcome Reception & Poster Viewing, Pre Function Area Program subject to change without prior notice from Organisers program correct at 27/03/2017 2

3 7.30am 5.30pm 8.15am 10.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 12.00pm Registration, Foyer Area Plenary 2: Opening and Welcome Chairs: Joshua Davies & Mark Douglas Acknowledgement to Country Conference Convenors: Mark Douglas, The University of Sydney; The Westmead Clinical School Mark Ferson, UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine Welcome Joshua Davis, John Hunter Hospital Control of Chronic Viral Hepatitis from an End Stage Liver Diseases in Taiwan: A 30 Year Population Study Pei Jer Chen, University of Taiwan, Taiwan The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases: Research for Health Impact John Reeder, World Health Organisation, Switzerland More with Less What can we Learn from Those with Scarce Resources? Elizabeth Molyneux, Paediatric Department, College of Medicine, Malawi Morning Tea, Pre Function Area Proffered Paper Session 1 Proffered Paper Session 2 Chairs: Pei Jer Chen & Joseph Doyle THURSDAY 30 MARCH 2017 Chairs: Aiveen Bannan & Katy Lai Proffered Paper Session 3 Chairs: Pam Palasanthiran & Penelope Bryant Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment Uptake in Australia Following Availability of Interferon Free Therapy Marianne Martinello Is Gentamicin Safe and Effective for Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia? A Retrospective Cohort Study Dan Lennon Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CCMV) in Infants with Hearing Loss Identified via the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program, and Risk for Postnatal Infection in Childcare William Rawlinson Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir/Voxilaprevir for 8 Weeks and Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir for 12 Weeks are Safe and Effective for Patients with Genotype 3 HCV Infection and Cirrhosis: The Polaris 3 Study Simone Strasser Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex in a Major Tertiary Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre Emma Tippett Nationwide Surveillance of Paediatric Empyema in New Zealand 2014 To 2016 Katherine Rix Trott Sub Optimal Protection against Past Hepatitis B Virus Infection Where Serotype Mismatch Exists Between Vaccine and Circulating Viral Genotype in Northern Australia Benjamin Cheah Prevalence of Antiviral Resistance in an Australian Hepatitis C Population Adrian Ong Postcards from the Digital Health Frontier; Telehealth for Hepatitis C Care in the DAA Era Kudzai Kanhutu CO MRSA Infections in Australia Cost $3.5B Per Annum Jessica Cameron Optimising Laboratory Methods for Pre TRUS Biopsy Quinolone Resistance Screening Eunice Liu Health Outcomes from Multi Drug Resistant Salmonella in High Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis Andrea Parisi The Effect of Intravenous Antibiotics on the Nasal Microbiome in Children Novel Association with Staphylococcus Aureus Acquisition Penelope Bryant Influence of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention in neonatal intensive care Bridget Freyne β Lactam Antibiotics: Too Much of a Good Thing Sahand Imani Program subject to change without prior notice from Organisers program correct at 27/03/2017 3

4 12.00pm 1.30pm 1.30pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 3.30pm 4.30pm 4.30pm 5.30pm CHESS Curing Hepatitis C: Effect on the Endothelium and Cardiovascular Risk Joshua Davis Lunch, Jamisons Restaurant Signalling Induced by Human Cytomegalovirus in an Autocrine Manner Alters Expression of Wnt Receptor ROR2 and Migration of Infected Trophoblasts William Rawlinson Antimicrobial Stewardship Activity and Results during Antimicrobial Shortages Mel Figtree SIG Business Meeting: Mycology (ANZMIG) Advanced Trainee Update SIG Business Meeting: Viral Hepatitis (VHSIG) SIG Business Meeting: Paediatrics (ANZPID) Room: Misty's SIG Symposium 3: Mycology (ANZMIG) SIG Symposium 4: Viral Hepatitis (VHSIG) Chairs: Sharon Chen and Debbie Marriott Chairs: Mark Douglas and Joseph Doyle Sharon Chen, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR Pathology West Hepatitis B Virus Capsid Proteins: New Molecular Biology and Antiviral Targets Pei Jer Chen, University of Taiwan, Taiwan Fast and Furious Case Presentations Jonathon Chambers, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth Karina Kennedy, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra Debbie Marriott, St. Vincent s Hospital, Sydney Emma Goeman, Westmead Hospital Louise Parry, Royal Hobart Top 10 Mycology Papers in the Last Two Years Brendan Mcmullan, Sydney Children s Hospital, Randwick, NSW Monica Slavin, VCCC Immunocompromised Host Infection Service, Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Victoria Catriona Halliday, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, Sydney Afternoon tea, Pre Function Area Macfarlane Burnet Oration Chairs: Joshua Davies Mind the Gap: Research and Practice with Scarce Resources Elizabeth Molyneux, Paediatric Department, College of Medicine, Malawi Symposium: Drug Availability Chairs: Allen Cheng & Celia Cooper Why are Antibiotic Shortages Occurring? Celia Cooper, SA Pathology The Need for Rapid Access to Unapproved Drugs and Vaccines for Public Health Allen Cheng, Alfred Health Drug Shortages: The NSW Experience Lisa Harris, Infectious Diseases, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia The Clinical Practice Implications at a Paediatric Hospital Celia Cooper, SA Pathology Q&A HIV/HCV in Australia: The Route to Elimination Gail Matthews, Kirby Institute, UNSW and St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney HCV DAA Treatment Failures: The Importance of Drug Resistance and How to Treat Mark Douglas, The University of Sydney; Westmead Hospital Program subject to change without prior notice from Organisers program correct at 27/03/2017 4

5 6.30am 5.30pm 7.00am 8.30am 8.30am 9.30am 9.30am 10.45am 10.45am 11.15am 11.15am 11.45am 11.45am 12.00pm 12.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 2.30pm Registration, Foyer Area Advanced Trainee Breakfast Chairs: Geoffrey Playford & Olivia Smibert Room: Golf Club Antibiotic Duration: Do we Treat for too Long Archana Koirala, Sydney Children s Hospital Infection Control: New Advances in Hospital Environmental Hygiene Timothy Cutfield, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand The End RHD CRE Developing an Endgame for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia Anna Ralph, Menzies School of Health Research ASID Clinical Research Network Update Allen Cheng, Alfred Health Frank Fenner Award Chair: Cheryl Jones Frank Fenner Award Recipient Address Lunch, Jamisons Restaurant FRIDAY 31 MARCH Clinical Topic: New Developments in Tuberculosis Treatment New Drugs, Short Courses, etc. Brian Chong, Infectious Diseases Registrar, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW. Plenary 3: Microbiome Chairs: Katie Flanagan & Mark Douglas Immunology and the Microbiome Ralph Nanan, Nepean Paediatric Immunology Unit, Charles Perkins Centre Nepean, Sydney Medical School Nepean, The University of Sydney The Placental Microbiome: Does it Exist and Does it Affect Mother or Infant? Marloes Nitert Dekker, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD The Human Microbiome and the Development of Chronic Disease: How to Benefit from Microbial Exposure, while Preventing Infection Geraint Rogers, Microbiome Research, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute CRE Symposium Chairs: Allen Cheng & Cheryl Jones Clinical Centre for REdefining antibiotic use to reduce resistance and prolong the lives of antibiotics (REDUCE) Jason Roberts, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital, Brisbane Australian Partnership (for) Preparedness Research on Infectious (disease) Emergencies (APPRISE) Sharon Lewin, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital CRE Infections in Cancer Monica Slavin, VCCC Immunocompromised Host Infection Service, Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Victoria Protecting the Public from Emerging Infectious Diseases Lyn Gilbert, Marie Bashir Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney A National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship: Using a One Health Approach Karin Thursky, National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, RMH, Doherty, Melbourne, Victoria Morning Tea, Pre Function Area CRE Symposium Continued Chairs: Allen Cheng & Cheryl Jones Room: Blaxland/Wentworth/Lawson CRE in Tuberculosis Control: From Discovery to Public Health Practice and Policy Ben Marais,The Children s Hospital, Westmead; Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity (MBI), University of Sydney, Australia Program subject to change without prior notice from Organisers program correct at 27/03/2017 5

6 2.30pm 3.15pm 3.15pm 3.45pm 3.45pm 5.00pm ASID Annual General Meeting Q&A: The Role of the ID Community in Advocacy for Important Issues of our Time: Climate Change, One Health, Refugee Health Chair: Bart Currie Panellists: Anthony Capon, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Jason Roberts, The University of Queensland, Brisbane; Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Stephen Graves, Geelong Hospital, Victoria; NSW Health Pathology, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW John Reeder World Health Organisation, Switzerland Cheryl Jones, ASID President; Sydney Medical School; The Children s Hospital Westmead; Marie Bashir Institute Elizabeth Molyneaux, Paediatric Department, College of Medicine, Malawi Afternoon Tea, Pre Function Area Proffered Paper Session 4 Proffered Paper Session 5 Proffered Paper Session 6 Chairs: Elizabeth Molyneux & Anna Ralph Chairs: Robert Booy & Emma Best Chairs: Shobini Sivagnanam & Claudia Whyte Effects of Ageing on Parasite Biomass, Inflammation, Endothelial Activation and Microvascular Dysfunction in Plasmodium Knowlesi and P. Falciparum Malaria Bridget Barber Predictors for Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination (PCV) in a Low PCV Coverage Setting in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea Jocelyn Chan High Burden of First Presentation and Recurrence of Severe Lower Limb Bacterial Cellulitis: A Longitudinal Study Gawri Rajakaruna Prevalence of Scabies and Impetigo in School Children in Timor Leste Joshua Francis Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccination after Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Reduces Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Matthew Roberts A Double Blind Randomised Controlled Trial of Ibuprofen Compared with Placebo for Uncomplicated Cellulitis of the Upper or Lower Limb Joshua Davis Treatment of Latent TB Infection in the Darwin Region of Australia Rowena Boyd Routine Ertapenem Prophylaxis for Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy does not Select for Carbapenem Resistant Organisms: a Prospective Cohort Study Max Bloomfield Ertapenem for Osteoarticular Infections in Obese Patients: A Pharmacokinetic Study of Plasma and Bone Concentrations Jonathon Chambers Shorter MDR TB Treatment Compared with Conventional Treatment in Uzbekistan: Sputum Culture Conversion After 2 Months David Lister Impact of a Dedicated Post Transplant Vaccination Service on Compliance Rates at a Large Australian Cancer Centre Benjamin Teh Healthcare Worker Hand Held Devices as Vectors for Multidrug Resistant Organisms in Intensive Care Patients Olivia Smibert Initial Programmatic Experience of Bedaquiline Containing Treatment Regimens for Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in South Fly District, Western Province, Papua New Guinea Suman Majumdar Q&A Postexposure Immunoprophylaxis Using the Human Monoclonal Antibody m102.4 Following Human Exposure to Equine Hendra Virus Infection Stephanie Hendry 7.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 1.00am ASID Annual Dinner, The Hydro Majestic Hotel Club ASID, Official After Party, The Tavern, The Fairmont Resort Program subject to change without prior notice from Organisers program correct at 27/03/2017 6

7 8.00am 2.00pm 8.30am 10.00am SATURDAY 1 APRIL Registration, Foyer Area Symposium 5: New technologies & New drugs Symposium 6: One Health Symposium 7: The Asia Pacific Region Chairs: Indy Sandaradura & Tasnim Hasan Chairs: Richard Malik & Archana Sud Chairs: John Reeder & Asha Bowen An Integrated First In Human Study of the Novel Long Acting Antimalarial DSM265 Demonstrates a Favourable Safety and Tolerability Profile, and Predicts a Clinically Efficacious Dose for Treatment of Falciparum Malaria James McCarthy A Novel Assay to Assess Immune Compromise and Risk of Infection Post Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Abby Douglas Speaking with a Forked Tongue: Pentastomid Parasites in Man s Best Friend Shokoofeh Shamsi, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovations, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Update in Climate Change and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Ashwin Swaminathan,Canberra Hospital Leprosy: What you Need to Know Warwick Britton, Centenary Institute and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney Diabetic Foot Infections: No Longer Possible to Ignore Edward Raby, Infectious Diseases Consultant, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA Development of a Mobile Laboratory for Sudden Onset Disasters Ian Marr Can the Serology Laboratory Assist in the Diagnosis of Whipple s Disease [Tropheryma whipplei infection]? Stephen Graves, Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory Broken Hearts in Timor Leste: An Echocardiography Based Prevalence Study of Rheumatic Heart Disease in School Children Kim Davis 10.00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.50am 11.50am 12.10pm A Smartphone Based System for Measuring and Supporting Adherence to Medication James Molton Implementing Mobile Health for Tuberculosis Care in Sydney: Experience with Video Directly Observed Therapy Scott Chapman Q&A Morning Tea, Pre Function Area Plenary 5: Parasitology Chair: James McCarthy & Mark Ferson One Health in Practice: Focus on Q Fever in Northern NSW and Southern Queensland Keith Eastwood, Epidemiologist, Hunter New England Population Health, NSW, Australia An Evidence Based Approach to Understanding the Transmission Cycle and Risks of Coxiella Burnetti Infection in Companion Animals Jacqueline Norris Responding to the Outbreak of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Daru, South Fly District, Western Province, PNG Speaker Suman Majumdar Using Nasopharyngeal Carriage Surveillance in Children Hospitalised with Acute Respiratory Infection to Determine the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Coverage Required for Indirect Immunity Jocelyn Chan A Regional Approach to Eliminating Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Sub Continent John Reeder, World Health Organisation, Switzerland Old Parasitology, New Technologies: Investigations into Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis Malcolm Jones, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland The Emergence of Anncaliia Algerae Microsporidial Myositis in Australia Matthew Watts, Sydney Medical School, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology; Pathology West ICPMR, Westmead Hospital; Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW Australia More than Just Chips: What are you Getting with Your Fish? Shokoofeh Shamsi, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences; Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovations, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Award Presentations Program subject to change without prior notice from Organisers program correct at 27/03/2017 7

8 12.10pm 12.20pm 12.20pm 12.30pm 12.30pm 1.30pm 1.30 pm 4.30pm ASID John Forbes Developing Countries Scholarship International Travel Awards Council Scholarships Best Poster Awards and Mycology Award Naomi Runnegar, 2018 ASID ASM Convenor Closing and Farewell Cheryl Jones, ASID President; Sydney Medical School; The Childrens Hospital Westmead; Marie Bashir Institute Mark Douglas, The University of Sydney; The Westmead Clinical School Mark Ferson, UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine Lunch, Jamisons Restaurant Workshop 1: PrEP Worskshop 2: Hepatitis C PrEP Workshop Dr Geoffrey Playford Workshop 2: How to Treat Hepatitis C Get Onboard for HCV Elimination Dr Kathy Robinson Program subject to change without prior notice from Organisers program correct at 27/03/2017 8

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