NordicAST WORKSHOP 27-28.5.2025, HYLLIE (MALMÖ)
Tue 27 May 2025
09:30-10:45 Meet-the-expert sessions – parallel sessions
• Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE): preparedness of Nordic laboratories (Ørjan Samuelsen, Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava, Arnfinn Sundsfjord)
• PK-PD breakpoints are dead – long live the PK-PD cut-offs (Christian Giske, Barbara Holzknecht)
• Frequently asked questions on disk diffusion - an interactive session (Nathalie Friberg, Erika Matuschek, Anna Hill)
10:45-11:15 Coffee
11:15-11:30 Welcome (Barbara Holzknecht)
11:30-12:30 Session 1 - News from EUCAST and EDL (chair Barbara Holzknecht)
• News from EUCAST and EDL (Erika Matuschek, Jenny Åhman, Christian Giske)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:10 Session 2 – Keynote lecture (chair Arnfinn Sundsfjord)
• Whole Genome Sequencing in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (Ørjan Samuelsen)
14:10-14:15 Stretch break
14:15-14:40 Session 3 - Streptococci and benzylpenicillin (chair Ingvild Haugan)
• Changes in benzylpenicillin breakpoints and testing implications for pneumococci and other viridans group streptococci (Christian Giske)
14:40-15:10 Coffee
15:10-16:25 Session 4 - Organisms needing love and care (chair Dennis Holmgaard)
• Challenges in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of fastidious organisms (Erika Matuschek)
• What’s new in susceptibility testing of anaerobes? (Jenny Åhman)
• Developments in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of gonococci (Erika Matuschek)
16:25-16:30 Stretch break
16:30-17:00 Session 5 – An update on dermatophytes (chair Nathalie Friberg)
• Terbinafine resistance in Trichophyton spp (Lise Kristensen)
19:00- Dinner
Wed 28 May 2025
8:15-9:15 Meet-the-expert sessions – parallel sessions
• Treatment of carbapenemase-producing organisms – case-based presentations (Christian Giske, Barbara Holzknecht, Karianne Gammelsrud)
• Reading of broth microdilution MIC endpoints (Jenny Åhman, Heikki Ilmavirta, Anna Hill)
• Quality control - the hows and whys (Dennis Holmgaard, Nathalie Friberg, Erika Matuschek)
9:30-10:10 Mini oral presentations – accepted abstracts (chair Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava)
• Emma Sjöberg, Karlskrona, Sweden:
- Neisseria meningitidis - Evaluation of media for disk diffusion testing
• Rebecka Widerström, Västerås, Sweden:
- Probing Fosfomycin's Potential: A Study on Susceptibility Testing and Resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis from Prosthetic Joint Infections
• Sam Lockwood, Karlskrona, Sweden:
- Evaluation of MIC determination with dalbavancin gradient test in Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Aina Iversen, Stockholm, Sweden:
- Detection of penicillinase-production in Staphylococcus aureus using the eazyplex®system - Evaluation of a new kit targeting the blaZ-gene
10:10-10:40 Coffee
10 :40-11 :40 Session 6 – Keynote Lecture (chair Robert Skov)
• Artificial Intelligence in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (Adrian Egli)
11:45-12 :30 Session 7 - Staphylococcus aureus, revisited (chair Nathalie Friberg)
• Genetics – on the mechanisms of MRSA (Robert Skov)
• Detection of penicillin susceptibility in S. aureus (Barbara Holzknecht)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Session 8 - Round table: Q and A from participants
Moderators: Karianne Gammelsrud and Erika Matuschek
14:15-14:20 Stretch break
14:20-15:00 Session 9 - Difficult to treat gram-negative pathogens (chair Karianne Gammelsrud)
• Emerging resistance to novel beta-lactam agents in gram-negatives (Christian Giske)
• Stenotrophomonas maltophilia – testing and treatment (Barbara Holzknecht)
15.00 Ending of workshop, see you next year and coffee (Barbara Holzknecht)