The Challenge of Urinary Tract Infections
14 June 2023
Royal College of Physicians London & online
Despite being the leading source of bacterial bloodstream infections, UTIs remain a chronically neglected area of infectious diseases. To address this issue, BSAC hosted the UTI Conference: The Challenge of Urinary Tract Infections, online and in-person at the Royal College of Physicians, London on the 14th of June 2023.
You can still register to view the recorded content from this hybrid conference (see below).
This conference is RCPath CPD accredited.
For all enquiries, please contract Esme Carruthers.
Programme
0830
Registration & coffee
0920
Opening remarks
Dr Annie Joseph, Consultant Microbiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - View Bio
SESSION ONE: OPENING PRESENTATION
Chair: Dr Annie Joseph, Consultant Microbiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - View Bio
0925
Urinary tract infection: from intellectual dead end to exciting new frontier?
Dr Angela Huttner, Infectious Disease Division, University Hospitals of Geneva - View Bio
0950
Q&A
SESSION TWO: Everyday challenges - lessons from outside infection
Chair: Dr Tom Lewis, Consultant Microbiologist, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - View Bio
1000
Addressing the challenge of recurrent UTIs - urologist perspective
Mr Anthony Noah, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - View Bio
1020
Controversies of UTIs in Pregnancy
Dr Jane Currie, Consultant in Obstetrics & Fetal Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston - View Bio
1040
Diagnosing UTIs in children
Dr Christian Harkensee, Consultant in paediatrics, paediatric infectious diseases & immunology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead - View Bio
1100
Recurrent urinary tract infection in kidney transplant patients: what to do ?
Professor Alan Salama, Professor & Honorary Consultant in Nephrology & Director, UCL Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Free Hospital - View Bio
1120
Q&A
1130
BREAK - EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
SESSION THREE: New frontiers in R&D and clinical practice - free paper session
Chair: Dr Sarah Logan, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, Hospital for Tropical Diseases & University College London Hospitals Trust - View Bio
1200
Why is UTI so hard to diagnose and treat? – hints from a unique human microtissue model of bladder infection
Professor Jennifer Rohn, Head of the Centre for Urological Biology, University College London - View Bio
1215
Nitrofurantoin: What is the Evidence for Current Guidance?
Dr Eleanor Kashouris, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sussex - View Bio
1230
Antibiofilm therapy for UTIs: a novel approach
Dr Ashraf Zarkan, Research Fellow and Group Leader, Department of Genetics, Teaching Bye-Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge - View Bio
1245
UTI Friday: A review of antibiotic prophylaxis in the management of recurrent UTI in Primary Care
Mrs Avril Tucker, Primary Care Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board - View Bio
1300
The effect of antibiotic selection on collateral susceptibility and evolvability of uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Dr Alasdair Hubbard, Lecturer in Microbiology, Nottingham Trent University - View Bio
1315
LUNCH BREAK - EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
SESSION FOUR: KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Chair: Dr Annie Joseph, Consultant Microbiologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - View Bio
1355
Shortening therapy for UTIs
Professor Martin Llewelyn, Professor in Infectious Diseases, Brighton & Sussex Medical School - View Bio
1420
Recurrent UTIs and the microbiome
Dr Nazema Siddiqui, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Duke University (Durham, North Carolina, USA) - View Bio
1445
Q&A
1455
BREAK - EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
SESSION FIVE: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THERAPY
Chair: Dr Gabriele Pollara, Consultant, Infectious Diseases & Microbiology at University College London - View Bio
1515
The use of sublingual vaccines for UTIs
Mr Steve Foley, Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - View Bio
1535
Intravesical therapy
Dr Shaimaa Ibrahim, Consultant Urogynecologist, Whittington Hospital, London - View Bio
1555
Phage therapy for urinary tract infections: does it really work?
Dr Novella Cesta, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Nuovo Ospedale Apuano, Massa, Italy - View Bio
1615
Q&A
1625
CLOSING REMARKS
Dr Sarah Logan, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, Hospital for Tropical Diseases & University College London Hospitals Trust - View Bio
1630
CLOSE
Registration
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