Thu 16th May
16:30
Registration in Foyer of York St. Entrance
Tea/Coffee/Bites
17:00
Improving access to OPAT services for vulnerable and hard to reach patients
Dr. Neil Ritchie, Claire Vallance, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
18:00
Acute infectious encephalitis: a neurologist’s perspective
Dr. Nicholas Davies, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
18:40
Clinical Cases
Rob Durcan: A Nervous Tick
Conor Grant: Just another fever in a returning traveller
Jeffrey Harte: If it Looks like a Duck and it Quacks like a Duck...
Anna O'Rourke: Careful with his Brains on this one...
Audrey Rice: A Ring-Enhancing Lesion Presenting with Hemiballismus
Nahed Seddiq: The Italian Job
Fri 17th May
08:00
Registration in Foyer of York St. Entrance
Tea/Coffee/Croissants
09:00
Meeting Opening
Prof. Karina Butler, President, IDSI
09:05
Community-acquired Bacterial Meningitis
Prof. Diederik van de Beek, Amsterdam Neuroscience Institute
09:50
Fungal infections of the brain and meninges; who is at risk
Prof. Adilia Warris, University of Aberdeen
10:30
Coffee/Tea
Poster Viewing/ Exhibition in Exam Hall
11:00
Panel Discussion
Keynote Speakers discuss Interesting Cases
Case Presenters: Joe Heskin, Colm Kerr, Brendan O'Kelly
11:40
Is it time to rethink the way we treat HIV?
Chair: Adam Stubbs
Prof. José Gatell: The evidence supporting dolutegravir-based 2 drug regimens focusing on dolutegravir and lamivudine
Prof. Mark Nelson, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital: Clinical experience and expert opinion
12:40
Scientific Abstracts: Oral Presentations - TB
A retrospective evaluation of Central Nervous System Tuberculous Disease in Beaumont Hospital over a ten-year period; case definitions, adherence to treatment guidelines and patient outcomes
Tuberculosis Hospitalizations in Ireland over a 4-Year Period: A Descriptive Study
A Clinical Review of Tuberculosis in the West of Ireland
13:10
Lunch/ Poster Viewing/Exhibition in Exam Hall
13:45
Dr. Paul Sax
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Massachussetts
Biktarvy Clinical Cases: Experience from the US
Chair: Prof. Colm Bergin
14:45
VP shunt infections - does the shunt always have to be removed?
Dr. Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Beaumont Hospital/RCSI
15:15
State of the Art Symposium
Polypharmacy in HIV - Manageable Now?
Fiona Marra, University of Liverpool
15:45
Tea/Coffee/Poster Viewing/Exhibition in Exam Hall
16:00
Scientific Abstracts: Oral Presentations - HIV
Impact of Renal Tubular Function on Bone Mineral Density in Older People with HIV
Immunosenescence in HIV is associated with CMV status and lower CD4:CD8 ratio
Inflammatory Phenotypes Predict Pulse Wave Velocity Change on ART in Malawian Adults
Hepatic steatosis, Ageing and MEtabolic Syndrome in HIV Patients (The HAMES-HIV study
Elite Controllers Requiring Elite Management Decisions in the Test and Treat Era
An Assessment of Prescriber's Attitudes to the Introduction of Preferred Regimens of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) at a Local and National Level
17:00
Concludes HIV Oral Abstract Presentations
17:30
IDSI AGM
19:30
Faculty & Delegate Dinner
at RCSI, 123 St. Stephen's Green
Sat 18th May
09:00
10 Oral Presentations: Hepatitis, Bacteria etc.
Demographics and Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Hepatitic C Infection Attending a Tertiary Level Hospital in the Era of Unrestricted Access to Direct-Acting Antivirals
Hepatitis B Genotype Distribution and Drug Resistance Mutations in Ireland, 2016-2018
Compliance of Hepatitis B Management at a single site with European Guidelines
Association between Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors and serum magnesium levels
An Audit of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia Clinical Management in a Large Model 4 Teaching Hospital, 2018
Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy for Endovascular Aortic Repair Infection; a Five Year Retrospective Evaluation
A Retrospective Evaluation of Malaria in Beaumont Hospital Over a Ten Year Period from 2008-2018; Diagnosis and Management, Adherence to Treatment Guidelines and Patient Outcomes
Audit of Meningitis Management at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Patient Satisfaction Survey for HIV Ambulatory Care in University Hospital Limerick (UHL)
Service disparity within the National OPAT programme
10:00
Sponsored Symposium
Hepatitis C Elimination: the Role of Simplification in identifying and engaging Marginalised Patients
Chair: Prof. Sam McConkey, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Speakers: Dr. Eoin Feeney, St. Vincent's University Hospital; Dr. Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, St. James's Hospital
11:00
11:40
Coffee/tea, Posters, Exhibition
Joint Session with SSSTDI
View the full SSSTDI meeting program at ssstdi.ie/meetings/2019-spring-meeting
12:00
PrEP cases discussion with Expert Panel Facilitator Say Quah
Expert Panel – Suzanne Todd/Susan Clarke/Emma Devitt
12:45
Neurosyphilis: Host and bacterial risk factors
Prof. Christina Marra, University of Washington
Prof. Christina Marra, University of Washington
13:25
Presentation of Prizes, Close of Meeting
Dr. Eoghan de Barra, Secretary IDSI
The IDSI/SSSTDI joint meeting continues after lunch.
IDSI members are welcome to attend at no extra cost.
Thu 22nd Oct
19:00
Welcome and Introduction to Meeting
Prof. Sam McConkey, President IDSI & Dr. Eoghan de Barra, Secretary, IDSI
Oral Presentations
19:05
The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Healthcare Workers in Galway University Hospitals
Marcella O'Callaghan
Galway University Hospital
19:10
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Healthcare Workers following the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Eamonn Faller
Cork University Hospital
19:15
Rapid and Laboratory-based SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing in Asymptomatic High-risk Hospital Associated Cohorts, a Validation and Epidemiological Study
Brendan O'Kelly
St. James's Hospital, Dublin
19:20
An Audit on the Investigation of COVID-19 Infection in Patients with Negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR Swab Results and ongoing Clinical Suspicion, with a Focus on the Use of Chest CT, as compared to World Health Organisation Recommendations
Jonathan McGrath
St. James's Hospital, Dublin
19:25
Tocilizumab Therapy in Individuals with COVID-19 Infection and Hyperinflammatory States
Rachel MacCann
St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
19:30
COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes amongst a Population of Hospitalised Adults in a Large Tertiary Hospital in Dublin
Niamh Reidy
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin
19:35
ePoster Round
Prof. Sam McConkey, Leader
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
19:50
A Cost of Illness Study of Tuberculosis in the Republic of Ireland
James O'Connell
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
19:55
Improving the timely IV-PO Switch of Antimicrobials: a Quality Improvement Initiative
Marion Murphy
Galway University Hospital
20:00
Attitudes towards Influenza Vaccination amongst Staff in a Tertiary Care Irish University Hospital
Emma Kearns
St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin
20:05
Keynote Presentation: IPC as an ID physician – an accidental career?
Dr. Eimear Brannigan
Consultant in Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control Division (AMRIC)
HSE
20:25
Keynote Presentation: Reflections on COVID and Infectious Diseases
Dr. Susan Hopkins
Deputy Director of Infection Prevention & Control for Public Health England, Chief Medical Adviser NHS Test & Trace