Final programme
09:00 – 12:30
Registration open
08:30- 11:30
Board meeting NSCMID
10.30 – 11.30
Annual meetings NFIM & NFMM
NFIM (Norwegian Society of Infectious Diseases): in the conference hall
NFMM (Norwegian Society of Medical Microbiology): in the board room (Federation Square)
11.30 – 12.30
Lunch at the exibition
12:30-12:40
Opening of NSCMID 2024
12:40 – 13.40 | Symposium 1
State of the art – endocarditis
Chairs: Jan Erik Berdal, Lørenskog, Norway and Torgun Wæhre, Oslo, Norway
Magnus Rasmussen, Lund, Sweden: New guidelines – an update
13.40 – 13.50
Short break
13:50 – 15:05 | Symposium 2
Respiratory infections
Chairs: Jan Erik Berdal Lørenskog, Norway and Truls Leegaard, Lørenskog, Norway
Lars Heggelund, Drammen/Bergen, Norway: Lower airway infections – hot topics and controversies
Siri Knoop, Bergen, Norway: Current diagnostics
Christian Backer Mogensen, Odense, Denmark: Imaging and CAP
15.05 – 15.35
Coffee in the exibition
15:35 – 16:50 | Symposium 3
Respiratory infections – clinical cases
Chairs: Jan Erik Berdal Lørenskog, Norway and Truls Leegaard Lørenskog, Norway
Magnús Gottfreðsson, Reykjavik, Iceland: X-ray pos vs x-ray neg CAP
Magrit Hovind, Lørenskog, Norway: A retrospective study on the impact of antibiotic therapy on mortality in viral respiratory infections
Jan Erik Berdal, Lørenskog, Norway: Time to stop treating viral respiratory infections with antibiotics? Rationale and design for “ATHENIAN”, a pragmatic multicenter RCT
16:50 – 17:40
Honorary lecture
Chair: Truls Leegaard
Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Tromsø, Norway: Diagnostics in a time of increasing antibiotic resistance
18.30 – 20.30
Welcome reception – Oslo City Hall
08.15 – 09:45
Pro et contra discussion: Gentamicin – does it have a future in the Nordics
Chairs: Jan Erik Berdal, Lørenskog, Norway and Per Espen Akselsen, Bergen, Norway
Barbara Holzknecht, Herlev, Denmark (NordicAST): Gentamicin: which breakpoints do we have and why?
Pro: Jan Kristian Damås, Trondheim, Norway
Con: Håkan Hanberger, Linköping, Sweden
09.45 – 10:00
Coffee in the exibition
10.00 – 11:30 | Symposium 4
Antimicrobial Stewardship in hospital practice in the Nordic countries
Chairs: Heidi Espvik, Lørenskog, Norway and Anders Johansson, Umeå, Sweden
Thomas Tängden: Swedish strategies and experiences in AMS
Per Espen Akselsen: Norwegian strategies and experiences in AMS
Jeroen Schouten, Nijmegen, the Netherlands: Basics, objectives and strategies of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: what is the evidence?
11.30 – 12:30
Lunch
12:30 – 14:00
Poster Exhibition with some selected poster presentations
Chair: Truls Leegaard, Lørenskog, Ahus and Ingrid Hoff, Skien, Norway
14:00 – 15:00
Gold sponsor: symposium by Shionogi
A patient centric approach to managing Carbapenemase Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections: the role of cefiderocol in overcoming resistance to beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations
Chair: Truls Leegaard, Lørenskog, Norway
Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Tromsø, Norway: What are the latest insights on Gram-negative bacteria susceptibility profiles and resistance
Alex Soriano, Barcelona, Spain: Cefiderocol: clinical experience in infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
15.00 – 15:30
Coffee in the exibition
15.30 – 16:50 | Symposium 5
Infections in people who inject drugs
Chairs: Olav Dalgard, Lørenskog, Norway and Magnús Gottfreðsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
Ivar Eide, Lørenskog, Norway: Chronic/recurrent infections and risk of renal amyloidosis
Magnus Rasmussen, Lund, Sweden: Infective endocarditis
Olav Dalgard, Lørenskog, Norway: Skin and soft tissue infections (in people who inject drugs)
16.50 – 17:00
Short break
17.00 – 18:00 | Symposium 6
Viral hepatitis
Chairs: Olav Dalgard, Lørenskog, Norway and Magnús Gottfreðsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
Asgeir Johannessen, Tønsberg, Norway: Hepatitis B: Functional cure after stopping NUC therapy
Kristian Malme, Lørenskog, Norway: Hepatitis C- New models of care
18:15 – 20:15
City Walk: Thousand years in two hours – Oslo under your feet
Meeting point: Clarion Hotel The Hub, 2nd floor
08:30 – 09:00
NSCMID General Assembly
09:00 – 09:30
Silver sponsor: symposium by AstraZeneca
Chairs: Ole Schmeltz Søgaard, Århus, Demark
Professor Asko Järvinen, Helsinki, Finland: COVID-19 is here to stay – who are still at risk even vaccinated
09.30 – 09:40
Short break
09.40 – 11:10 | Symposium 7
New vaccines
Chairs: Kirsten Gravningen, Lørenskog, Norway and and Asko Järvinen, Helsinki, Finland
Bolette Søborg, Copenhagen, Denmark: New on the vaccine-horizon
Hanna Nohynek, Helsinki, Finland: Covid-vaccines – past, present, future
Are Berg, Oslo, Norway: RSV-vaccines – finally but how best to use them
11.10 – 11:40
Coffee in the exibition
11.40 – 13:00 | Symposium 8
Effect of infection control measures
Chairs: Kirsten Gravningen, Lørenskog, Norway and Hanna Jarva, Helsinki, Finland
Walter Zingg, Zürich, Switzerland: Effect of infection control measures in healthcare
Petter Elstrøm/Mette Fagernes, Oslo, Norway: The implementation process and effect of Hand hygiene observations in Norwegian hospitals
Astri Lervik Larsen, Østfold Hospital Norway: The Norwegian toilet study: hospital toilets as a reservoir for nosocomial transmission of MDROs
13.00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:20
Invited young Scientists
Chairs: Truls Leegaard, Lørenskog, Norway and Lena Rós Ásmundsdóttir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Hanne Ellegaard Mikkelsen, Aalborg, Denmark: Comparison of sensitive culture and Aspergillus PCR on Aspergillus galactomannan positive BAL fluids
Carmen Chen, Helsinki, Finland: Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii can be killed by a combination of bacteriophages and complement
Birta Bæringsdóttir, Reykjavik, Iceland: Is early antibiotic exposure associated with later childhood infections?
Kenneth Lindstedt, Tromsø, Norway: Duration, Dynamics, Microbiota- and Host-Associations of Klebsiella pneumoniae Species Complex Human Gastrointestinal Colonisation: A Longitudinal Study
Sofia Brunet, Gothenburg, Sweden: Bacterial 16S rRNA Identification – Nationwide Multicenter Study Evaluating Nanopore Sequencing
15.30 – 16:00
Coffee in the exibition
16.00 – 17:30 | Symposium 9
Microbiology in the future
Chairs: Heidi Espvik, Lørenskog, Norway and Hans Linde Nielsen, Aalborg, Denmark
Andreas Matussek, Oslo, Norway: The Microbiology Laboratory in the future
Hege Vangstein Aamot, Lørenskog, Norway: New sequencing techniques in diagnostic microbiology
Antti Hakanen, Turku, Finland: Clinical/Medical Microbiologist in the future – What should they do?
19:00 –
Conference dinner at The Hub
Covered by registration fee
09.00 – 10:00 | Symposium 10
Infections related to migration and travel to the Nordics
Chairs: Kirsten Gravningen, Lørenskog, Norway and Ingrid Hoff, Skien, Norway
Miriam Sare, Oslo, Norway: Carbapenemase Producing Organisms on the Rise: Unveiling the Epidemiology in Norway
Kristine Mørch, Bergen, Norway: Tropical infectious diseases in the Nordics related to migration and travel
10.00 – 10:30
Coffee in the exibition
10.30 – 12:00
Hot topics
Chairs: Truls Leegaard, Lørenskog, Norway and Annika Ljung, Gothenburg, Sweden
Trine Mogensen, Aarhus, Denmark: Determinants of host immunity to infectious diseases
Nis Pedersen Jørgensen, Aarhus, Denmark: Oral versus iv antibiotic therapy
Soo Aleman, Stockholm, Sweden: Treatment of hepatitis D
12.00
NSCMID 2025
12:10
Take away lunch
Conference hall
The conference facilities include brand new, state of the art technology for audio, lighting and photography/video, as well as flexible panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows
