Infection 2025 Posters

Author: Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, UK – Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Consultant at South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

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30. Knowledge mobilisation of the new UK-adapted Access, Watch, Reserve, and Other classifications.

Author: Bee Yean Ng, Senior Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, UK Health Security Agency

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33. The national Intravenous to Oral Antibiotic Switch (IVOS) Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) scheme; exploration of non-submission through semi-structured interviews.

Author: Bee Yean Ng, Senior Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, UK Health Security Agency

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35. Orthopaedic Arthroplasty Antibiotic Prophylaxis: A Change in Practice

Author: Iona Galloway, Speciality Training Orthopaedic Registrar, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust

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36. Antibiotic duration exceeds time to clinical stability in Hospital Acquired Pneumonia

Author: Elliott Lewis-Douglas, Clinical Fellow in ICU, NUTH

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37. Scarce Supervision, Strong Pressures: Systemic Drivers of Antibiotic Prescribing by Intern Physicians in Bangladesh

Author: Rakkan Afsara, Resident Medical Officer, Evercare Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh

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38. A case of multi-drug-resistant Salmonella stanleyville bacteremia in an infant following travel to Nigeria

Author: Prithwiraj Chakrabarti, Consultant Microbiologist, Milton Keynes University Hospital

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39. Humidity and moisture exchange filters: Assessment of a novel microbiological sampling technique for patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Author: Samuel Quarton, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

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40. Rare case of Salmonella houtenae–associated Osteomyelitis and Discitis in an Older Patient with Non-Specific Symptoms: A management Challenge

Author: Sanan Arshad, International training fellow, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham

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41. Cracking the Case: CNS Lymphoma and HIV through the Lens of Lab Systems

Author: Aqsa Mahreen, SHO Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

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42. Antimicrobial stewardship in an outpatient home intravenous antibiotic therapy programme for chronic pulmonary infections: microbiology, prescribing patterns, and opportunities for optimisation

Author: Milton James Micallef, Senior Clinical Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection, Royal Papworth Hospital

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43. Impact of infection specialist advice on the assessment and clinical outcomes of patients referred but not taken on to an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service

Author: Mary Rimbi, ST4 ID/MM NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

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44. Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis with Complete Heart Block and Embolic Stroke: Diagnostic Challenges and Antimicrobial Stewardship Lessons

Author: Karim Samak, Clinical fellow at Royal free Hospital

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45. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: A challenge in the intensive care unit

Author: Greta Lila, Clinical microbiologist, University Clinical Center of Kosova

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46. Assessment of Colistin Susceptibility in Carbapenem-Resistant K. pneumoniae and E. coli: A Comparison of Diagnostics MIC-COL and VITEK® 2 AST-XN21 with Broth Microdilution

Author: Fatih Mehmet Akıllı, Specialist, University of Health Sciences Sincan Training and Research Hospital, Ankara-Türkiye

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48. Transforming Antimicrobial Stewardship Practice: A Real-Time Dashboard Revolution for Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

Author: Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, UK

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49. Impact of introducing antiviral stewardship reviews in a major acute teaching hospital

Author: Sue Wei Chong, Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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51. The Effects of Topical 5-Fluorouracil Treatment of In-Situ Squamous Cell Carcinomas on Antimicrobial Resistance and Small Colony Variant Formation in Staphylococcus Aureus.

Author: Daniella Massri, Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

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52. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp as a major pathogen in early-onset neonatal sepsis among hospitalized neonates in southern Pakistan

Author: Asima Shahid Sabzwari, Assistant Manager Microbiology Laboratory at Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi,Pakistan

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54. Metagenomic sequencing of sputum enables accurate, non-invasive diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia

Author: Mahboobeh Behruznia Behruznia, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

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57. HCV genotype diversity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Author: Irina Lizinfeld, Federal State Budgetary Institution, National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (NMRC PhPI), Moscow, Russian Federation

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60. A Four-Year Evaluation of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Robotic and Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy With or Without Lymph Node Dissection at St. Vincent’s University Hospital

Author: Clarice Egan, Microbiology SpR, St Vincents University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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61. Diagnostic Stewardship: Improving Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Campylobacter

Author: Jessica Smith, Clinical Fellow in Microbiology, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, Scotland

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62. The effectiveness of a new short regimen for drug-sensitive tuberculosis. Preliminary results

Author: Valeria Guseva, PhD student, National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Moscow, Russian Federation

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63. A comparative documentary analysis of antifungal policies from NHS trusts participating in BioDrive Antifungal Stewardship

Author: Arzoo Dar, Medical Student, Hull York Medical School

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65. Seroprevalence of HBsAg, HCV and HIV in community- An accidental detection in an emergency setup in trauma centre, India

Author: MADHAVI KIRTI, Senior Resident, JPNATC,AIIMS, New Delhi. India

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70. High Non-Susceptibility to Sulbactam/Durlobactam Among CRAB in India:Regional Resistance Patterns

Author: M Nizam Ahmed, Resident octor and All India Institiute Of Medical Sciences

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72. Combating Periodontal Disease: Chitosan-FK13a1 Microparticles as a Promising Antibiotic Alternative

Author: Samaneh Keshavarz, PhD student at University of Birmingham

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73. Leptospira in the hotseat: A critical case from ITU

Author: Ammara Asif, ST6 Microbiology trainee at Hull University teaching hospital

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74. Chronic tuberculosis cases constitute a high-risk population for the development and transmission of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Author: Platon Eliseev, Senior researcher, The National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia (NMRC PhPI)

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75. Multi-Source Environmental Reservoirs Drive Enterobacter cloacae Complex Transmission: Genomic Evidence from an LMIC Hospital Outbreak Investigation

Author: M Nizam Ahmed, Resident octor and All India Institiute Of Medical Sciences

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78. Translating AWaRe-based Antibiotic Use Quality Indicators into Practice: An Automated Framework and Dashboard Leveraging Global-PPS Data

Author: Hossam Almadhoon, Research Associate; City St George’s, University of London

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79. Service Evaluation of BioFire® Meningitis/Encephalitis panel used at Point of Care in an Acute Medical Unit

Author: Matthew Begbie, FY3 Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading United Kingdom

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83. An Elusive Parasite: A Case of Babesiosis in an Immunocompetent Traveller Unmasked by a Blood Smear

Author: Melissa Prior-Ong, Clinical Scientist Microbiology HSST

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84. Evaluation of the national rollout of the training to implement the TARGET stewardship toolkit in primary care in England: a quasi-experimental analysis using hybrid time series modelling

Author: Nina Zhu, Research Fellow, Imperial College London

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85. Bismuth based beta-lactamase inhibitors to combat antibiotic resistance

Author: Adedolapo Ajiboye, PhD Student, Nottingham Trent University

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87. Enrichment of drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the gut following antibiotics alters the colonic immune landscape

Author: Ffion Hammond, Postdoctoral Researcher (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

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88. Clinical, Microbiological, and Outcome Profile of Enterococcus faecium Bloodstream Infections in a Tertiary Care Trauma Centre in India

Author: Parul Singh, Assistant Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

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89. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Nigeria: Barriers, Enablers, and Implementation Strategies in Healthcare Facilities

Author: Omobolanle Margaret Abe, Master of Public Health Student; University of Hertfordshire

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90. The S* Factor: Improving Outcomes in Pseudomonas Bacteraemia Treatment

Author: Miguel Vella, Clinical Teaching Fellow- Frimley Health NHS Trust

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91. A Systematic Review of Antimicrobial Stewardship Education for Undergraduate Students in Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Veterinary Science, and Midwifery using COM-B framework

Author: Simonne Weeks, PhD student at University of Manchester

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92. D-amino acids : the role of D-leucine in biofilm eradication in P. aeruginosa

Author: Kavya Sahoo, PhD student, University of Birmingham

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93. Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in acute community-acquired urinary tract infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Author: Amelia Williams-Walker, PhD student, City St George's University, London, UK

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94. Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Bone Tissue of Patients with Tuberculous Spondylitis and Co-infections of HIV/HCV: Identification of a High-Risk Group for MDR Tuberculosis

Author: Minogina Tatiana, Researcher, «The National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

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95. Linezolid in short- term regimens for drug-resistant TB: balancing efficacy and toxicity

Author: Anna Abramchenko, Reseacher, Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center for Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

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97. Morphological criteria of tuberculous inflammation in the complex evaluation of chemotherapy effectiveness in pulmonary tuberculosis

Author: Ekaterina M. Petrunina, Pathologist, National Medical Research Center for Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Yekaterinburg Branch, Russia

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98. The Role of Chest Imaging in Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Systematic Review of Ultrasound and Radiography in Differentiating Bacterial and Viral Pneumonia

Author: Waleed Mostafa Marzok, Lead Sonographer, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

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99. Dental Stewardship and Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in Indian: Evidence from a Systematic Review

Author: Rishal Dsouza, Student at University of Hertfordshire

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100. Spectrum of respiratory bacterial and viral pathogens in individuals with and without influenza at the Emirates Hospital Group, Dubai, UAE.

Author: Francesca Cainelli, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Emirates Hospital Group, Dubai, UAE

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101. Seroprevalence of anti-measles, anti-rubella, anti-varicella and anti-HBs antibodies at enrolment among healthcare workers at the Emirates Hospital Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE.

Author: Francesca Cainelli, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Emirates Hospital Group, Dubai, UAE

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102. Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Bangladesh Healthcare Settings: A Systematic Review of Challenges and Opportunities

Author: Shumonto Mowla Chowdhury, Student, University of Hertfordshire

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103. Initiating Antimicrobial Stewardship Rounds in an Elective Orthopaedic Hospital- Scoping and Implementation: A Joint MDT Effort in Orthopaedics

Author: Nickisha Patel, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist- Antimicrobial Stewardship and Perioperative Medicine

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104. Learning Points from a Service Evaluation Exploring Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infection with Bacteraemia caused by Gram Negative Bacilli in Northwest London

Author: Francesca Siracusa, Trust Grade Doctor in Medicine (IMT2 equivalent)

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105. Gepotidacin activity against and analysis of Susceptibility to Oral Standard-of-Care Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Collected in Europe in 2023

Author: Dina Lad, Medical Lead, GSK

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106. Gepotidacin activity against Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, including molecularly characterised fluoroquinolone not susceptible subsets causing urinary tract infections in Europe

Author: Adela Alvarez-Buylla, Medical Lead, GSK

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107. A qualitative evaluation of general practitioners’ views on the use of a Treat Your Respiratory Infection leaflet in general practice in Ireland

Author: Mala Shah, Chief II Pharmacist, National Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Team, Health Service Executive, Ireland

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108. Computational drug-target interaction of antibacterial compounds from Streptomyces chrestomyceticus ADP4

Author: Aakash Kumar, PhD Scholar ,Department of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi, India.

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109. RAISING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN RESPIRATORY SAMPLES OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS – AN ALARM TO RISE UP AND PREVENT THE UPCOMING THREAT.

Author: MADHAVI KIRTI, Senior Resident, JPNATC,AIIMS, New Delhi. India

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110. Influence of Extracellular Zinc on Metallo-β-Lactamase Activity and Carbapenem Susceptibility

Author: Anmol Aggarwal, Lead, Pipeline Strategy – Venus Medicine Research Centre

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111. VRP-034 Attenuates Polymyxin B Nephrotoxicity Despite Higher Dosing: A Comprehensive Preclinical Evaluation

Author: Anmol Aggarwal, Lead, Pipeline Strategy – Venus Medicine Research Centre

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112. Co-resistance network identifies antibiotic hub signals for empiric Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound therapy

Author: Md Ebrahim Molla, Medical Officer, Khulna Medical College Hospital, Khulna, Bangladesh

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113. Investigating the Adaptive Evolutionary Responses of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Alkylating Agents

Author: Youssef Hamdy, Research Assistant at Center for Genomics, Zewail City of Science and Technology

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114. Cracks in the Shield: Comparative Evaluation of Broth Microdilution and Vitek®2 for Colistin Susceptibility Testing in a High-AMR Tertiary Care Setting

Author: M Nizam Ahmed, Resident octor and All India Institiute Of Medical Sciences

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115. Improving penicillin allergy risk-stratification through pharmacy-led education in a specialist elective orthopaedic hospital

Author: Hannah Coldicott, Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacy technician, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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116. Mechanisms of increased resistance to chlorhexidine in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Author: Yige Sima, PhD Student, University of Bath

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118. International Passenger Mobility and Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in England, 2021–2024: A Time-Series Case Study Analysis

Author: Sin Hang Phoenix Hui, Master of Pharmacy student, University of Manchester

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119. Changes in total antimicrobial consumption and pattern of UK AWaRe category utilisation following multidisciplinary antimicrobial guideline review at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Author: Daniel Hearsey, Pharmacy Department, RCHT, Cornwall, UK

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120. Discordant Clinical and Microbiological Responses are Associated with Late Clinical Relapse in Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections: Pooled Analysis of EAGLE-2/EAGLE-3 Trial Data

Author: Adela Alvarez-Buylla, Medical Lead, GSK

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121. Implementation of a Penicillin Allergy De-labelling Policy at a tertiary hospital

Author: Noor Anjum, Antimicrobial Lead Pharmacist at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

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122. Efficacy of Gepotidacin versus Nitrofurantoin in a Nitrofurantoin Not Susceptible Population: A Pooled Analysis of the EAGLE-2 and EAGLE-3 Randomized Controlled Trials in Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection

Author: Dina Lad, GSK

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123. In Vitro Activity of Gepotidacin Against Baseline Uropathogens Including Drug-resistant Phenotypes Recovered from EAGLE-2/EAGLE-3 Clinical Trials for Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections

Author: Adela Alvarez-Buylla, Medical Lead, GSK

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124. Fluoroquinolone Fear: When Safety Collides with Stewardship

Author: Tamara Hamoodi, Principal Pharmacist Antimicrobials – Croydon Health Services

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125. No immunologist, No Problem: Penicillin Allergy De-Labelling Pilot in a London District General Hospital

Author: Tamara Hamoodi, Principal Pharmacist Antimicrobials – Croydon Health Services

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126. Interim Analytical Validation of Rapid Microcapillary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Gram-positive Pathogens

Author: Julie Hart, Senior Research Fellow, University of Reading

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127. Uncommon Culprit: Campylobacter fetus Infective Endocarditis

Author: Sadhbh McCloughlin, Microbiology Specialist Registrar, Cork University Hospital

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128. Phage-antibiotic synergy to combat carbapenemase producing strains of Enterobacter cloacae complex for biofilm related infections

Author: Kashif Haq, Birmingham City University UK

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129. Shedding of AMR Klebsiella pneumoniae in antibiotic-free poultry and bovine production systems

Author: Mian Khaqan Shah, PhD student at The University of Sydney, Australia

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130. Epidemiology, Resistance Patterns, and Antibiotic treatment for Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections: A 10-Year Analysis in St George’s NHS Trust

Author: Rebeca Galán-Baquero, MSc graduate, City St George’s, University of London

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131. Using the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS) portal to undertake an out-patient point prevalence survey (PPS)

Author: Louise Dunsmure, Consultant Pharmacist - Antimicrobial Stewardship, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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133. Driving Behaviour Change in Antimicrobial Prescription Indication Documentation Through Personalised Feedback

Author: Nicola Jones, Infection Consultant, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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134. Interventions to Address Antimicrobial Resistance in Migrant Populations: A Systematic Review

Author: Lucy Lammie, Medical Student, City St George’s University, London, UK

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136. If the inputs are flawed, so will be the outputs: a rule-based system towards reliable microbiology data

Author: Sana Boujaafar, Pharmacist _SmartBiotic

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138. Resolution of clinical signs in adults with invasive candidiasis and/or candidaemia treated with rezafungin or caspofungin: ReSTORE and STRIVE trial pooled analysis

Author: Dev Patel, Medical Advisor, Napp Pharmaceuticals

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140. Clinical outcomes with rezafungin or caspofungin in adults with invasive infections due to non-albicans Candida: pooled analysis from STRIVE and ReSTORE trials (including extension phase data)

Author: Dev Patel, Medical Advisor, Napp Pharmaceuticals

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141. Targeting biofilm architecture and virulence regulation in Staphylococcus aureus skin infections using fruit-derived polyphenols

Author: Bryan Moreno-Chamba, PhD student, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

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142. Time to Care: A comparative evaluation of IV vs. oral antibiotic administration

Author: Yasmine Johnstone, Pharmacist, NHS Forth Valley

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143. Benefits of a specialist multi-disciplinary team approach to the management of Aspergillus-related chronic lung disease

Author: Reece Weaver, IMT3, Bart's Health NHS Trust, London, UK

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144. UK Tuberculosis Medication Shortages – Hard to Swallow Pills

Author: Leena Begum, Antimicrobial Pharmacist – Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

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145. The Microbiota of the Hospital environment

Author: Danielle Weaver, Research associate, University of Manchester

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146. Assessing the feasibility of implementing AWaRe-based Quality Indicators into existing antimicrobial use surveillance systems: a date re-use strategy

Author: Juliet Sanyu Namugambe, Research Fellow- Fleming Fund TACE Grant, City St George's University of London

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147. Identification of novel KPC-2 mutations conferring resistance to β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations: implications for genomic surveillance and clinical diagnostics.

Author: Hawa Ahmed, PhD student – Nottingham Trent University

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148. Bacterial and fungal secondary infections in COVID-19 patients following immunomodulatory therapy: England, Jan 2020-August 2023

Author: Chloe Davison, Senior Scientist, UK Health Security Agency

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149. Prevalence of bacteria carrying Extended-Spectrum b-Lactamase genes on hospital surfaces in low- and middle-income countries

Author: Julia Rzaska, Research Assistant, Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research (IOI), Department of Biology, University of Oxford

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150. Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing bacteria colonising hospital surfaces in low- and middle-income countries

Author: Amy Cooke, Research Assistant at Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research (IOI)

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